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Just days after Mauritania’s presidential election, at least three people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters, authorities said. An unspecified number of people were reported injured. Demonstrations broke out…

Egypt has swears in new Cabinet in Cairo on Wednesday as the country faced an ailing economy and raging conflicts in neighbouring nations. The new Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, who has been in office since 2018,…

The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S. military officer meets with his counterparts this week at a chief of…

World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa, at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaping global…

Activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security landscape that has seen a spill over of the conflict in neighbouring Sudan, U.N. experts warn in a new report. The panel of…

Pope Francis called on national and international authorities to take action to stop the bloodshed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo following a week in which dozens were killed in the North Kivu province. At the end of his…

Eid al-Adha is the largest religious holiday of the year in much of West Africa. The religious festival is locally known as Tabaski in Senegal. It's when Muslims slaughter and eat a sheep, making the animal extremely sought after in the…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East this week as a proposed Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal hangs in the balance after the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a major military raid and…

Horrific violence and the risk of famine continue to stalk the people of Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday, as they echoed condemnation by the UN Secretary-General of an attack on a village south of Khartoum that reportedly left more…

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Burkina Faso late on Tuesday as he continued his latest tour of Africa. It is his first visit to the west African nation. Burkina Faso's foreign minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore hosted…