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The chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of Mali's military-dominated transition, was among four people killed in an attack on Tuesday near the Mauritanian border, said a note from the presidency. According to the document,…

The Chadian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General Abakar Daod has commended the outgoing Force Commander (FC) Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim for his tremendous achievements, especially…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a brief visit to Somalia in Mogadishu. Mr Guterres was greeted on arrival at the Somali capital's airport by Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse, according to images posted on Twitter by the…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for Africa " for peace operation" to combat rising violence as the continent's leaders held their annual summit in Addis Ababa. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

Tunisia has expelled the head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) after she took part in an anti-government protest organised by the country's UGTT union, one of Tunisia's leading political forces. The UGTT said the expulsion…

Malian ruling junta says that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of MINUSMA, the UN mission there, giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision comes after a Malian rights activist last month denounced the…

The secretary-general of Tunisia's powerful UGTT union has claimed that legislative elections due later this month serve no purpose. Speaking before an audience, Noureddine Taboubi, denounced President Kais Saied's constitutional reforms…

The leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, appeared Thursday before a court in Sousse (east) as part of an investigation for "money laundering" and "incitement to violence". Mr Ghannouchi, who headed the frozen…

The head of Chadian diplomacy Chérif Mahamat Zene, has announced his resignation, accusing the ruling military junta of relegating him to the role of "extra". The announcement comes in the middle of a laborious national reconciliation…

Guinean opposition leader Cellou Diallo was expected to appear before the country's economic and financial crimes court Monday to respond to accusations of fraud and self-enrichment. The accusations stem from the liquidation of the state…