Tunisian aid workers convicted of assisting migrants but will go free

Africa • 9:38 PM

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Two Tunisian aid workers were sentenced on Monday to two years in prison for assisting irregular migration but will be freed as they have already served time in prison, their lawyer said. The two workers are among more than a dozen aid workers who are aw

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Sudan's RSF paramilitary announces unilateral three-month humanitarian ceasefire

Africa • 7:03 PM

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Sudan's paramilitary group announced on Monday that it was declaring a unilateral three-month humanitarian ceasefire, a day after its rival the regular army rejected an international ceasefire proposal.

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France and Gabon seek ‘new beginning’ in relations

Africa • 3:23 PM

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French President Emmanuel Macron began a state visit to Gabon to renew diplomatic, military and economic ties with President Brice Oligui Nguema’s post-coup government. France has reduced its military presence but remains a key partner, backing projects

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Violence in eastern DR Congo: Ituri plagued by ethnic conflict

Africa • 11:22 AM

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The province of Ituri, in eastern DR Congo, has been devastated by decades of ethnic conflict. Violence has exploded since the 1990s, with the Hema and Lendu communities clashing over access to land and mining resources. According to the United Nations,

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'Bamako on edge': Mali’s capital caught in the crosshairs of jihad, a military junta and geopolitics

Africa • 9:05 AM

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From the heart of Bamako to the distant rural outposts of Mali, a siege has been unfolding over the years throughout the country. And so multiple crises are gripping Mali: a military government under pressure, jihadist forces with a deepening foothold, a

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EU and Africa Union leaders talk trade and minerals in Angola summit

Africa • 2:09 AM

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Leaders from the Europe and Africa met in Angola on Monday at a summit marking 25 years of EU-African Union relations. Europe is the biggest source of direct foreign investment in Africa, which has emerged as a battleground for its critical minerals and

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Sudan army chief Burhan rejects latest US-backed truce plan as 'worst yet'

Africa • 1:31 AM

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Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday rejected a new truce proposal from US envoy Massad Boulos as the “worst yet”, accusing the Quad mediators of bias due to the UAE’s involvement. He said Boulos echoed Abu Dhabi’s positions, which the UAE

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50 kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escaped

Africa • 12:44 AM

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Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. But around 253 of the kidnapped

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South Africa 'marks end of a cycle' of Global South countries leading a more 'progressive' G20

Africa • 12:16 AM

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The first G20 summit in Africa issued a leaders' joint declaration on the opening day of the talks rather than at the end of the summit. The declaration was significant in that it came in the face of fierce opposition from the US which has for months bee

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