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At least 14 Malian soldiers were killed and 11 injured on Tuesday in clashes with jihadists in the centre of the country, according to an army report on Thursday, an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda with different figures. The previous report communicated by officers of the army and the gendarmerie on condition of anonymity reported the day before at least 12… Read More

It began as a form of music chanted at wakes to comfort mourners — now it is part of Cameroon’s cultural mainstream, and a powerful form of expression for its frustrated youth. Mbole developed around a quarter of a century ago in poor districts of Yaounde, the central African nation’s capital. It began as a sort of back-and-forth at funeral… Read More

The 7th African Nations Championship (CHAN) begins tonight in Algeria with an opening match between the Local Fennecs and their neighbours Libya. An opening match will take place in the brand-new Nelson Mandela stadium in Algiers. There were a lot of people on Thursday evening in the Algerian capital to inaugurate the Nelson Mandela stadium, named after the continental icon.… Read More

Riot police stormed the home of a Zimbabwean opposition member of parliament on the outskirts of Harare on Saturday, arresting him and 24 others who were holding a party meeting, the party and authorities said. Costa Machingauta, his wife and 17-year-old daughter were beaten by police at their home in the suburb of Budiriro, south of Harare, before being taken… Read More

Two of the three ‘elephants’ of Ivorian politics are in their 80s while one is in his 70s, something that Jean-Louis Billon former Ivory Coast trade minister is now campaigning against. Billion on Saturday called for the return of the age limit of 75 years for presidential candidates during his appearance on a radio programme. He is targeting the dinosaurs of… Read More

China’s chief diplomat was in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian and Arab League officials, marking his last stop in a multi-leg trip to Africa that aims to consolidate Beijing’s footprint across the resource-rich continent. Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry. As well as meeting separately with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Arab League… Read More

Thousands of soldiers and supporters of The Polisario Front – the Western Sahara’s pro-independence movement, met on Thursday at the Dakhla Refugee Camp in the Tindouf Region of Algeria, to hold the start of a party conference. The gathering will seek to discuss party policy and strategy in its struggle against Morocco, which has controlled most of Western Sahara since… Read More

The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs visited Cotonou in Benin on Saturday, with the aim to strengthen economic and industrial ties between the two countries. Qin Gang’s visit follows recent celebrations of 50 years of cooperation between the two countries. Qin said his visit was to “identify more fields of action.” “I am thinking for example of infrastructure, agriculture, human… Read More

A judge on Tuesday (Jan.10) ordered the release of a Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic after more than two months in detention, his lawyers said. Widely followed in Senegal for his regular columns on current affairs, Niang was released on December 14, 2022 but sent back to prison a week later, and had since been on a hunger strike… Read More

Thousands of Tunisians marched Saturday in the capital to protest against President Kais Saied, whom they accuse of seeking to install a new dictatorship amid a worsening economic crisis. Separate rallies by different opposition groups were held in Tunis with a heavy police presence, AFP correspondents said. Held on the 12th anniversary of the fall of dictator Zine El Abidine… Read More