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The president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros says he wants talks with Paris over plans to expel all illegal migrants from the French island of Mayotte, most of whom are Comorians. Earlier, President Azali Assoumani had…

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met with his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon, promising military support to help the country contain spill over from jihadist conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa coastal…

Restrictions on nightlife and meetings were imposed in three major cities in Ethiopia's Amhara region, including the most populous, Gondar, in the wake of protests against the dismantling of regional military forces across Ethiopia.…

Twenty-one people have been charged with manslaughter in the investigation into the sinking of a mini-ferry that killed 30 people and left seven missing a month ago in Gabon, the Libreville public prosecutor announced. On 9th March, the…

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa has sentenced six men to life in prison for murdering Italy's ambassador in 2021. Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused…

South Africa's Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will lead a delegation to China next month in a bid to break an impasse over the delivery of locomotives and spare parts by Chinese rail equipment maker CRRC E-Loco, state-owned…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he’s “deeply concerned by the gains terrorist groups are making in the Sahel, and elsewhere.” Guterres read from prepared remarks delivered at a Security Council meeting on counterterrorism…

400 rebels in Chad were handed life sentences following the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed in 2021, a public prosecutor said. After a mass trial, they were sentenced for "acts of terrorism, mercenarism,…

China's embassy in the Central African Republic has urged its citizens to avoid travelling outside the capital Bangui after nine Chinese nationals were killed in an attack by militants at a gold mine outside the city. The embassy said in a…

Two French journalists were given a one-year suspended prison sentence and a 10,000 euro fine in Paris, found guilty of trying to blackmail the King of Morocco in 2015 by demanding money in return for the non-publication of a book. The…