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After Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers on Friday, whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, Malian citizens praise the decision. "We were in diplomatic turmoil for a long time, so if…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern Mozambique after a multinational force deployed last year. Ramaphosa, who chairs the defence and security…