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Dozens of Egyptian passport and ID holders have been stuck in the Gaza Strip for weeks, increasingly desperate for the opportunity to leave the besieged territory and escape the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. "We are staying here…

Almost a month after generals deposed Niger's elected president, the political crisis hasn't been resolved. The Coup leader and head of the ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) addressed the nation on Saturday…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Mali's ruling junta to "accelerate" the pace of returning power to elected civilians by early 2024 as it has pledged to do, in a report to the Security Council. In this report, on the eve…

Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since the president launched a tirade against migrants. Last month President Kais Saied ordered…

An Ivorian drum seized by France during colonization is about to be returned to the Ivory Coast. The sacred Djidji Ayokwe drum was used to communicate warning messages up to thirty kilometres around villages. In 1916 the drum was…

Forty-six Ivorian soldiers recently pardoned by Mali's junta flew home to Ivory Coast's Abidjan airport after around six months in captivity. Their return signals the apparent resolution of a diplomatic standoff between the West African…

In Sudan, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday, to demand the country's military rulers leave power. The demonstrators also rejected a deal struck weeks ago for the gradual transfer of power…

The 46 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and who have just been sentenced to twenty years in prison in Bamako, "will soon return to Ivorian soil", Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara assured. "My thoughts are…

Thousands of supporters cheered the return to Ivory Coast of Charles Blé Goudé, a key figure involved in the violence that followed the 2011 presidential elections. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who earlier this year pardoned his…

Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year. Many carried posters criticizing the military; others showed pictures of…