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The political climate remains tense in Senegal, after his politically charged trial sparked deadly unrest last week, Ousmane Sonko addressed his supporters Monday. The country’s main opposition leader claimed he survived an assassination…

The dominant party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has nominated its spokesman Getachew Reda to be president of a regional interim administration called for in a peace deal that ended a two-year war in the region. The Tigray People's…

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahdha party and one of the main opponents of President Kais Saied has appeared before the counter-terrorism court in Tunis. He was charged with incitement after allegedly referring to the police as…

The former head of the presidential cabinet in Tunisia was sentenced in absentia to 14 months in prison in connection with audio recordings containing derogatory remarks towards President Kais Saied, according to media reports. A series…

Mali marked its new "National Day of Patriotic Sovereignty" on Saturday, introduced by military leader Colonel Assimi Goïta. The event is intended to be a founding act of popular resistance to external pressure. Malians earlier…

Lawmakers exchanged blows and hurled a chair in Senegal's parliament over a perceived insult towards an influential pro-opposition religious leader. An opposition MP slapped legislator Amy Ndiaye over her remarks, according to the…

Mozambique has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the country's north which is plagued by jihadist attacks. President Filipe Nyusi made the announcement, it is the first shipment of gas under a long-term…

Guinea's ruling junta ordered prosecutors to take legal action against former president Alpha Condé. The prosecutions against Condé as well as other officials and ex-ministers, include alleged acts of "corruption, illicit enrichment,…

The former president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou has warned of dire consequences that befell the Sahel, a region plagued by acute insurgency. Issoufou further said that the war in the Sahel has been neglected by the world and instead…

Mali's opposition leader Colonel Assimi Goita has received a draft of a new constitution, a key part of the military's bid to retain power in the crisis-hit country until 2024. The text of the "preliminary draft constitution" has not…