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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has said on Monday he had suspended the powers of the prime minister amid a corruption probe in what the assistant information minister said amounted to an "indirect coup". Mohamed accused Roble…

French officers handed over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The ceremony took place near the city's airport, with Malian army officers, officials from the local government…

With only days to go until scheduled elections meant to cap Libya's long political transition and unify the war-torn country, many instead fear a return to violence. Standing near the port in the capital Tripoli, Khaled al-Turki said he…

South Africa says a British ban on flights from six southern African countries over a new COVID-19 variant seemed rushed, as EU authorities prepared similar moves and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting.…

Clashes has flared again between security forces and residents of a Tunisian town protesting against the reopening of a landfill site they say is a public health hazard. Demonstrations in Agareb earlier in the week, sparked by…

Environmental activists and World Food Programme officials in Northern Kenya say extreme droughts caused by climate change have turned what used to be a "land of plenty" into one where people are struggling for food. The river in…

Two senior United Nations officials have been recalled from Ethiopia after audio recordings containing criticism of senior U.N. officials was released online, according to a letter and a U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) spokesperson. In the…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hit back at Ethiopia over the government's expulsion of seven U.N. staff, demanding proof of accusations against them raised by Ethiopia's U.N. ambassador during a Security Council meeting. "It is…

Malian foreign ministry has summoned France's ambassador to Bamako over comments by President Emmanuel Macron that it said were unfriendly and disagreeable. This is the latest salvo in a tense dispute between Mali and its key military…

Tunisian police have arrested a member of parliament and a television presenter who have been prominent critics of President Kais Saied since his seizure of power in July, their lawyer said. The lawyer, Samir Ben Omar, said the military…