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France refuses any "paternalism" but also any "weakness" in Africa, said Emmanuel Macron on Monday, as the Sahel faces an "epidemic of putsches", most recently in Niger, where the French ambassador is still in post despite an ultimatum from…

Nigerien demonstrators demanded French troops leave the Sahelian nation just hours before time ran out for the French envoy to leave the country. Among the thousands rallied near a base where French military personnel are stationed in…

At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed on Friday in a crowd stampede at a stadium in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo, according to the Red Cross and a local member of parliament. "So far, 13 people have been…

Hostile to any armed intervention in Niger, Algeria is continuing its mediation efforts with the dispatch Thursday to this country of the number two of its diplomats, Lounès Magramane, who called for favouring "negotiation", according to…

Mozambique's army has killed two senior rebel leaders in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which is in the grip of an armed terrorists, it announced. "Terrorist Abu Kital, who held the position of deputy operations commander for the…

Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday for a summit where they will weigh expanding the bloc as some members push to forge it into a counterweight to the West.…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have arrived in South Africa on Monday, where he is to pay a state visit and attend the BRICS summit, official media said. His stay in the African country…

ECOWAS envoys arrived in Niger on Saturday afternoon in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution to the leadership crisis. Niger's prime minister welcomed the delegation which was headed by a Nigerian former military…

BRICS leaders to meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West's dominance in world affairs. Russian…

The African Union (AU) has urged the Ethiopian government and a militia in the Amhara region to embrace dialogue to resolve a renewed dispute that has left dozens of people dead and many others injured. AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat…