Ivory Coast’s economic champion Ouattara consolidates power with fourth presidential term
Africa • Oct 28, 2025, 4:44 PM
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Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara was re-elected in a landslide victory on Monday for a fourth presidential term, in a vote that was marked by the lack of credible opposition. The former high-ranking civil servant, who has led the West African country since 2011, has been both lauded for his economic success and accused of being an increasingly authoritarian leader.
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"Sudanese feel forgotten" as Darfur crisis escalates
Africa • 11:19 AM
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"Sudanese feel they have been forgotten by the international community," Mathilde Vu, Sudan Advocacy Manager with the Norwegian Refugee Council, tells Oliver Farry, as the humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher escalates. The capture of this city, the historic
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More than 2,400 young Moroccans face prosecution over Gen Z protests
Africa • 10:33 AM
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More than 2,400 young Moroccans face trial for their participation in the so-called Gen Z protests that recently swept across the country, calling for fairer education and health care systems. Hundreds of people, many of them minors, have already been co
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The fall of El-Fasher: A turning point in Sudan's brutal civil war?
Africa • 9:35 AM
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First it was a revolution confiscated, then a dispute between coup leaders that became a civil war. Three years on, Sudan is wondering if the fall of a key city in the western Darfur region is the cue for a second partition of the country. The massacre o
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Low turnout mars Tanzania's presidential election as opposition barred from race
Africa • 4:07 AM
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The presidential election in Tanzania is being marred by low turnout as the main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s grip on power have either been jailed or disqualified from the race. Protests have also been banned, and some voters say they
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