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Senegal’s Finance Minister Cheikh Diba recently summoned his chief of staff Pape Oumar Diallo to inform him of his decision ​Senegal’s Finance Minister Cheikh Diba recently summoned his chief of staff Pape Oumar Diallo to inform him of his decision Read More

Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country’s military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It was neither a mistake nor a one-off, they say. ​Witnesses and human rights groups claim the West African country’s military killed more than 220 people, including women and children, in February. It

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is to host Libyan government of national unity prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in ​European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is to host Libyan government of national unity prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Read More

In the final stretch of campaigning ahead of a landmark election, Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters party has hired a US consultancy firm in a bid to fend off competition from disgraced former president Jacob Zuma. ​In the final stretch of campaigning ahead of a landmark election, Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters party has hired

Faced with the involvement of the UAE and Qatar in the DRC, Riyadh has no intention of being outdone and has decided on the name of its new diplomatic representative in Kinshasa. ​Faced with the involvement of the UAE and Qatar in the DRC, Riyadh has no intention of being outdone and has decided on

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has backed out of plans to construct an international airport in his hometown of Kong, in the far north of the country. ​Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has backed out of plans to construct an international airport in his hometown of Kong, in the far north of the country. Read More

In drafting its transitional justice policy, which was approved by parliament on 17 April, the Ethiopian government was supposed to ​In drafting its transitional justice policy, which was approved by parliament on 17 April, the Ethiopian government was supposed to Read More

Ever since the dramatic explosion of the Kaloum fuel depot in the centre of Conakry on 18 December, Mamadi Doumbouya’s ​Ever since the dramatic explosion of the Kaloum fuel depot in the centre of Conakry on 18 December, Mamadi Doumbouya’s Read More

Angola: Benedito Dumbo steers country’s first rare earth mineTim George, managing director of British rare earth specialist Pensana, appointed the ​Angola: Benedito Dumbo steers country’s first rare earth mineTim George, managing director of British rare earth specialist Pensana, appointed the Read More

Gabon’s transitional ruler General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is locked in a power struggle with some of former president Omar Bongo’s heirs. Despite having sought their support in the wake of last August’s coup that deposed Omar’s son Ali Bongo, ​Gabon’s transitional ruler General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is locked in a power struggle with