Burkina Faso: French Institute vandalized during anti-coup demonstrations
Burned-out walls, broken windows, smashed doors, scattered computers, and books: dear to the cultural milieu, the French Institute in Ouagadougou,
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Focus on Africa
Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks – WHO chief
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday a clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain
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Niger to pump more crude as pipeline works accelerate
Masked and helmeted Chinese and Nigerian workers hoist giant steel pipes over mounds of earth. Farther away, smoke billows from
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Chad: New interim prime minister vows freedoms, rights
Former Chadian opposition figure Saleh Kebzabo says that the respect of “all freedoms” and “human rights in all their forms”
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Algeria hailed by EU energy chief for ‘partnership’
Algeria has been hailed for its “long-term strategic partnership” with the european union EU, as the bloc turns to Africa’s
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Mali: Junta leader Assimi Goita receives draft constitution
Mali’s junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita received a draft of a new constitution on Tuesday, a key part of the
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In Lesotho, Maseru residents react to elections results
Following the Lesotho elections, Maseru residents react to the results, in which the businessman-turned-politician Sam Matekane is set to become
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Prepare for more flood – Authorities caution Nigerians
Nigeria is likely to experience more floods in different states in the coming days, according to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency.
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2022 World Cup: Samuel Eto’o fires back at French broadcasters over ‘Juju’ allegation
Cameroon’s Football Federation, led by Samuel Eto’o, has reacted to a publication by Radio France International that the African country
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Libya- UN mission condemns murder of 15 migrants, asylum seekers in Sabratha
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Sunday the “heinous murder of at least 15 migrants and
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UN mulls quick foreign troop deployment as health crisis exacebates
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the immediate deployment of a specialized international armed force in Haiti, a country
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Ukraine’s foreign minister on first Africa trip as Kiev seeks support
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister arrived in Ivory Coast on Wednesday for talks with Vice President Tiemoko Meyliet Kone as Kiev scrambles
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NGO’s denounce Uganda oil project
A report released on Wednesday by two environmental NGO’s has warned of potentially “unacceptable” damage caused by a controversial project
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Ibrahim Traoré appointed President of Burkina Faso
Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday. The appointment comes less than a week after the
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Death toll from Ebola increases in Uganda
The World Health Organization, WHO, announced that the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in Uganda has increased. According to
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