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The Madagascan government has called on voters to go to the polls in November and December to re-elect current president Andry Rajoelina or choose a successor. "According to the law in force in Madagascar, we are going to hold an…

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that next month's BRICS summit will be held in person. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a group of countries that includes Brazil, Russia, India and China whose aim is to…

The 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and who have just been sentenced to twenty years in prison in Bamako, "will soon return to Ivorian soil", Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara assured. "My thoughts are…

Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a presidential party senator, kidnapped a month ago, and killed a dozen of their suspected kidnappers, English-speaking armed separatists, the army said. Elizabeth Regina…