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The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges resumed in a court in Dakar despite the fact that he failed for the second time running to attend the proceedings. There was a strong security presence in the…

The Senegalese authorities have decided to suspend school for a week in the region of Ziguinchor (south), the scene of clashes around the rape trial of opponent Ousmane Sonko. “Courses are suspended throughout the region in schools,…

Ethiopian security forces say that they had arrested 47 suspects after the murder of a leader of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling party, accusing him of plotting to overthrow the regime. Girma Yeshitila, leader of the Welfare Party in…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for Africa " for peace operation" to combat rising violence as the continent's leaders held their annual summit in Addis Ababa. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

African leaders met to discuss a slew of challenges facing the continent as UN chief Antonio Guterres urged them to do more to bring peace to conflict-hit regions. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

Pope Francis has been trying to console the long-suffering people of South Sudan as he opened his first full day in the country. Meeting with bishops, priests and deacons at St Theresa's Cathedral in Juba, he asked people to challenge…

Representatives of the world's French-speaking countries gathered in Tunisia for talks focused on economic cooperation. The 18th summit of the International Organisation of Francophonie comes more than a year after the country's…

Eleven leaders from Central Africa gathered in DRC's capital, Kinshasa, to discuss the "process of political transition in Chad". A member of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Chad is being represented by Mahamat…

As Malian authorities held a traditional military parade on Thursday to mark the country's independence day in the presence of the head of Guinea´s military junta, Col Mamady Doumbouya,  West African leaders were in a meeting in New York on…

Commonwealth leaders have officially adopted the Living Lands Charter. It is a Commonwealth Call to action on Living Lands (CALL), which commits all 54 member countries to safeguarding global land resources while taking coordinated…