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Algeria police clamp down on opposition on eve of polls

Algerian police deployed heavily in the capital on Friday ahead of parliamentary elections to block protesters disrupting the polls,... Read more

13 Jun, 2021

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Mali announces new govt with army in key roles

Mali announced a new government on Friday in which key roles were retained by army figures, according to a... Read more

13 Jun, 2021

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Algeria elects parliament amid ‘repression’ of protest movement

Algeria voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has... Read more

12 Jun, 2021

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WATCH: Ramaphosa arrives in Cornwall, Uk for G7 Summit

President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Cornwall, United Kingdom where he is scheduled to attend the G7 Leader’s Summit... Read more

12 Jun, 2021

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South Africa agrees to privatise troubled SAA airline

The South African government announced on Friday it would sell a majority stake in cash-strapped flag carrier SAA to... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Zim woman sues minister, police boss over assault

A Zimbabwean woman is suing the country’s home affairs and cultural heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe, and police commissioner-general Godwin... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Egypt eyes Gaza reconstruction to boost regional clout

Egypt is banking on a $500 million Gaza reconstruction project to shore up its influence in the Middle East,... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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What’s at stake in the homecoming of I Coast’s Gbagbo

Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, returns home next week after almost a decade in which he was tried... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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The ‘inconvenient’ Mrs Habyarimana straining France-Rwanda ties

Paris  – The fate of an elderly Rwandan widow, who has spent decades trying to avoid a trial for... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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30 000+ children risk death in famine-hit Tigray, says UN

Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by... Read more

11 Jun, 2021