DAKAR —Senegal's President Macky Sall said Thursday his mandate would end as planned on April 2, but left open the new date for a presidential election which he postponed earlier this month.
TUNIS—Five years after pro-democracy protests began in Algeria, the country's authorities are still clamping down on the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said Thursday.
DAKAR — Senegal’s outgoing President Macky Sall is to address the nation Thursday in a live TV interview, which could reveal a date for elections after their unprecedented delay triggered weeks of crisis.
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE — A new outbreak of unrest in northern Mozambique, a scene of a jihadist insurgency, has forced thousands to flee their homes, according to U.N. figures and sources in Cabo Delgado province.
OUAGADOUGOU — An activist in Burkina Faso was kidnapped from his office in the capital, a civil society group said, the latest dissident to be abducted in the junta-ruled country.
PARIS —Descendants of foreigners who died fighting the Nazi occupation of France have welcomed what they say is long overdue recognition of their role during World War II.
LONDON—Westminster Abbey, one of Britain's most important churches, has "decided in principle" to return a sacred tablet to Ethiopia, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
MOGADISHU — Analysts say Saudi Arabia has economic interests in Red Sea stability — coastal resorts are meant to become an engine of its nascent tourism industry — as well as a desire to push back against its rival the United Arab Emirates, which also wields intense influence in the region's affairs.
MOGADISHU —A recently launched World Bank-backed project, the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI), aims to protect communities against drought shocks by offering payouts when herders lose animals to climate disasters.
NAIROBI — Cuba's parliament speaker is visiting Nairobi in a bid to uncover the fate of two Cuban doctors abducted in Kenya by Somalia-based jihadists almost five years ago, its foreign ministry said.
DAKAR — In Senegal, Khalifa Sall, the former mayor of Senegal's coastal capital said he was determined to continue campaigning despite the uncertainty surrounding the new election date.
The United States warned Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the UN on Tuesday that they "must walk back from the brink of war," as tensions between the neighbors ratchet up.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — From an old BMW painted in colorful shapes to abstract works and historic photographs, a retrospective of celebrated South African artist Esther Mahlangu opened this week in Cape Town.
GOMA, DRC -Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an immediate halt to "deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians" in fighting between government forces and M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
BENI, DRC —Suspected militants linked to the Islamic State group have killed eight people in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Tuesday.
PARIS - The world needs "trillions" of dollars to spur on the green transition and tackle global warming, the head of last year's COP28 climate talks said Tuesday, warning that political momentum can evaporate without clear action.
CONAKRY —Guinea's ruling junta has ordered government members' passports to be seized and their bank accounts frozen after dissolving the administration for as yet unknown reasons.
RENK, South Sudan — Since the beginning of fighting in Sudan, nearly eight million people, half of them children, have fled the country. Many have fled to South Sudan, where they struggle to survive.
ABIDJAN —Niger has defaulted on debt instruments worth about half a billion dollars since the country's July coup, according to West Africa's currency union.
WASHINGTON — Biden versus Trump is the lineup in the U.S's 2024 election that has long been a foregone conclusion. But some ask what would happen if, for any number of reasons, one of the contenders does not end up taking part in the November vote?
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