Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators took to the streets around the UK on Wednesday to oppose dayslong far-right violence that has placed police on high alert and resulted in hundreds of arrests. In cities around the country, including London and Birmingham, demonstrations were organized near migrant support centers after lists of potential locations were shared on social media by right-wing activist groups.
JOHANNESBURG—It was predicted to go badly but turned out to be worse: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa led the ANC to its worst election result since the end of apartheid, one which threatens his survival.
NIAMEY—Three officials and a solider escorting them were killed this week in southwest Niger by gunmen who crossed the border from Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday.
Pèpressou— Ivory Coast's former president Henri Konan Bedie was laid to rest Saturday in his native village 10 months after his death.
WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Niger on periodic reviews of several aid programs underway in the Sahel country, opening the door to more than $70 million in funding.
OUAGADOUGOU—A prominent Burkina Faso lawyer and civil society leader has been jailed on charges of participating in a plot against the country's military rulers, days after he was freed from prison, his team said Friday.
GOMA—Civilians were fleeing on Thursday as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels closed in on another strategic town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said.
COTONOU—Benin's president on Thursday again called on Niger's military rulers to collaborate and reopen their side of the border to allow oil exports via his country.
BAMAKO—An investigation has been opened into the killing of nine young candidates to join Mali's army in the jihadist-plagued north, the public prosecutor said in a statement seen by AFP on Thursday.
NAIROBI—Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday defended his use of a luxury private plane for his landmark trip to the United States, saying it cost taxpayers less than $80,000.
LAGOS— More than 170 people who migrated from Benin to Tunisia have returned home on a voluntary charter flight, the UN's migration agency said on Wednesday.
NAIROBI—The United Nations has voiced renewed worries about the plight of a large group of Sudanese refugees who fled a camp in a restive area of northern Ethiopia almost a month ago and are still living on a roadside.
NAIROBI—The United States said on Thursday it was imposing sanctions on five senior Ugandan officials over accusations of involvement in corruption or human rights abuses.
NIAMEY—A Nigerian "bandit" leader wanted for the kidnapping and murder of civilians has been arrested along with 65 of his men in southern Niger, local authorities announced.
BAMAKO—Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday began his first visit to Mali and Burkina Faso to strengthen ties with these two states which have quit regional bloc ECOWAS.
TUNIS—A crackdown by Tunisian authorities on journalists and media figures is "methodically annihilating" what little remains of the country's hard-won freedoms, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
OUAGADOUGOU— A celebrated lawyer and leader of Burkina Faso's civil society was kidnapped just hours after being freed from prison, his movement said on Thursday.
NAIROBI—There is an urgent need for reforms to the "unjust" global financial system, which penalizes African nations with high borrowing rates, leaders said at a major African economic gathering in Kenya this week.
RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES—Israel's army said Wednesday it took control of a vital Gaza-Egypt corridor it suspects aided weapons smuggling as the ground offensive against Hamas in the border city of Rafah intensified.
DAKAR—UNICEF on Wednesday condemned a "distressing" 70 percent rise in grave violence against children in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, countries plagued by jihadists and other armed groups.
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