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Somalia: Rape and violence against women and children widespread, NGO warns
Africa • 2:52 PM
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The international charity Save the Children is warning of widespread violence against women and children in Somalia. Just this week, a father killed his four children in an arson attack. In October, an 11-year-old girl was subject to a violent rape, and
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Algeria pardons Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
Africa • 2:37 PM
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Sansal, 81, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years for undermining national unity, c
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Ghana helicopter crash caused by bad weather and safety gaps, report says
Africa • 11:20 AM
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A military helicopter crash in southern Ghana in August, which killed eight people including the defence and environment ministers, was caused by adverse weather, limited visibility, and hilly terrain, according to an official probe. The 12-year-old heli
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Rebels pressuring junta: 'For first time, urban dwellers in Mali really feeling effects of conflict'
Africa • 10:29 AM
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African Union Commission President Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed serious concern over an ongoing jihadist blockade in Mali, calling for "urgent international action". For weeks, jihadists with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Musli
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Algeria jails pro-democracy Hirak poet for five years on terrorism charges
Africa • 8:55 AM
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Algeria on Tuesday jailed pro-democracy activist Mohamed Tadjadit for five years on terrorism charges, in what human right groups have called an "alarming signal' for human rights in the country. Known for his public poetry readings during Algeria's 2019
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Gabon court sentences Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo to 20 years in prison
Africa • 2:55 AM
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A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced former first lady Sylvia Bongo and her son, Noureddin Bongo, to 20 years in prison after a swift two-day corruption trial that found them guilty of embezzlement and other charges. The pair were accused of exploiting e
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Yesterday
UN aid chief arrives in Sudan for week-long mission
Africa • 9:31 PM
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In tonight's edition: The UN's aid chief meets Sudan's army leader as the war deepens with reports of mass killings and a growing humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Darfur. Also, Ghana's government reveals what caused the helicopter crash that killed
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Sudan aid delivery talks hailed as 'constructive' by UN humanitarian chief
Africa • 6:13 PM
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UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher met Sudan’s army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday in “constructive” talks aimed at ensuring life-saving aid reaches all parts of war-torn Sudan. Millions are facing famine and displacement amid the ongoing war b
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Jihadists threaten to overrun Mali as blockades continue
Africa • 4:47 PM
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Since September, blockades have been multiplying across Mali, carried out by jihadists from the JNIM, the al Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims. The jihadists are imposing a fuel blockade that has paralysed the landlocked Sahel count
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Tomates marroquíes: el lado oscuro de las megagranjas de Agadir
Africa • 12:59 AM
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Cada año, miles de toneladas de tomates marroquíes llegan a los supermercados de Europa a precios que parecen imposibles: 99 céntimos la bandeja, entre dos y tres veces más baratos que los tomates locales franceses. Pero detrás de este bajo costo se esco
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Cameroon: Opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary calls for release of protesters
Africa • 12:11 AM
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The toll of post-electoral violence remains unclear in Cameroon, just days after Paul Biya was sworn in for an 8th term as President. Several NGOs report about 40 deaths and thousands of arrests, though these figures have not been officially confirmed. O
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Tanzanian police arrest senior opposition official, hundreds charged with treason
Africa • 8:16 PM
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Tanzanian police on Saturday arrested a senior official from the opposition Chadema party and charged hundreds of people with treason in a continuing crackdown following last month's disputed elections.
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France urges citizens to leave Mali temporarily due to jihadist blockade
Africa • 2:21 PM
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France has urged its citizens in Mali to leave immediately, as Islamist insurgents maintain their blockade of the country. The French Foreign Ministry recommended that citizens use commercial flights while they are still available and avoid traveling ove
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France urges citizens to leave Mali as armed group blockade intensifies
Africa • 2:15 PM
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France has urged its citizens to leave Mali “as soon as possible” as an al-Qaeda-linked group, the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), has been blockading fuel tankers since September, disrupting the flow of imported goods from Senegal and
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Art from Africa booms worldwide: Analysis with Marie-Cécile Zinsou
Africa • 10:55 AM
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It’s a big week for art in Nigeria. Lagos hosts the Contemporary Fair this weekend, while Benin City prepares for the opening of the long-awaited Museum of West African Art. The multi-million-euro project, backed by France, Germany, the Getty Foundation,
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Legendary Senegalese Orchestra Baobab returns to Paris stage
Africa • 10:27 AM
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For more than 50 years, Orchestra Baobab has emboded the elegance of West African sounds, blending traditional Senegalese and Afro-Cuban music. At the Paris Olympia concert hall the band returns to celebrate his legacy as part of their European tour. Oli
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Court orders anti-migrant group to stop barring foreigners from South African healthcare
Africa • 10:16 AM
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A South African court has ruled that an anti-migrant group must cease preventing foreign nationals from entering public hospitals, clinics, and schools, declaring the practice unlawful. The group, Operation Dudula, has been staging pickets outside health
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After two years of war, Sudan refugees need urgent assistance in Chad
Africa • 10:10 AM
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After more than two years of civil war in Sudan, the number of Sudanese refugees and Chadian returnees seeking safety in eastern Chad has ballooned to over 975,000, creating a deepening humanitarian crisis. Jennie Shin has more.
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Friday, november 7, 2025
45 años después de su caída: la huella del emperador Bokassa en la República Centroafricana
Africa • 9:52 PM
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa fue un militar que pasó de presidir la República Centroafricana a autoproclamarse emperador. Su historia, marcada por el poder absoluto, los excesos y las contradicciones, sigue dejando huella en el país africano. A 45 años de su coron
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Francia recomienda a sus ciudadanos abandonar temporalmente Mali
Africa • 3:22 PM
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El viernes, el ministerio francés de Asuntos Exteriores de Francia recomendó a sus nacionales abandonar temporalmente Malí “lo antes posible”, ante el bloqueo yihadista que asfixia a amplias regiones del país africano.
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How a satellite image allegedly showing atrocities in Sudan was misinterpreted
Africa • 3:06 PM
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In the wake of documented atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the capture of El-Fasher in late October, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth allegedly showing mass killings in Sudan. However, this image is old and actually
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France urges nationals to leave Mali temporarily amid jihadist fuel blockade
Africa • 2:56 PM
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France’s foreign ministry on Friday recommended that French nationals in Mali leave the country temporarily and "as soon as possible", citing the "worsening security situation" in the West African nation battling jihadist insurgents.
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Tanzania charges hundreds of people with treason after protests over disputed election
Africa • 2:17 PM
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Prosecutors in Tanzania on Friday charged more than 200 people with treason over their alleged roles in deadly violence surrounding the country’s disputed election, which saw President Samia Suluhu Hassan win a second term with more than 97 percent of th
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Sudan's bloody war shows no sign of ending despite US, Arab push for truce
Africa • 11:11 AM
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The war sparked by a power struggle between Sudan's army and a paramilitary group is showing no sign of slowing down despite one of the warring parties endorsing a proposed humanitarian truce backed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emi
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Sudan's paramilitary group agrees on truce amid accusations of war crimes
Africa • 9:59 AM
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, say they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by Emirat, Saudi, Egyptian and US mediators. Two days earlier the Sudanese army had r
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Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
Africa • 9:46 AM
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The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked t
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Sudan ceasefire: Political solution without accountability 'will be unstable' and doomed to fail
Africa • 9:07 AM
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, François Pica
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Thursday, november 6, 2025
Satellite image of livestock in Sudan misinterpreted as mass graves
Africa • 9:45 PM
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Following reported mass killings at the end of October by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the besieged city of El-Fasher, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth purporting to show the site of a massacre. But according to satell
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Sudan's RSF agree to truce proposal as new satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in El-Fasher
Africa • 9:28 PM
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been at war with the regular army for more than two years, have announced that they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. Meanwhile, Yale researchers released a re
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Cameroon: World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term
Africa • 3:51 PM
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Cameroon’s Paul Biya has been sworn in for his eighth consecutive term after winning last month’s presidential election. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the other presidential candidate, maintains that he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the aut
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El-Fasher: 'The final battle of the Darfur Genocide that began in 2003'
Africa • 3:30 PM
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced on Thursday that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, E
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Guerra en Sudán: el grupo paramilitar FAR acepta plan de tregua en medio de la catástrofe humanitaria
Africa • 3:26 PM
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El grupo paramilitar Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (FAR) aceptó una propuesta de cuatro países -Estados Unidos, Egipto, Arabia Saudí y Emiratos Árabes - para una tregua humanitaria en Sudán. La guerra en esa empobrecida nación africana estalló en abril de 2023
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Sudan's RSF paramilitary group agrees to US-backed proposal for humanitarian truce
Africa • 3:21 PM
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Sudan's Rapid Support Force, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it had agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by a US-led mediator group known as the Quad. Sudan's army-aligned
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China and South Africa deepen trade ties with new export deal
Africa • 10:33 AM
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As the US raises tariffs on African nations, they are looking for new markets - and one relationship in particular is developing with China. In South Africa, a new trade deal is expected to relieve farmers after US-South African free trade deal expired e
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Wednesday, november 5, 2025
Spreading famine puts more of Sudan at risk
Africa • 9:22 PM
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At least 40 civilians have been killed in El-Obeid after Sudan’s paramilitary RSF attacked the North Kordofan capital, according to local media. The assault comes as the two-year war intensifies, with Kordofan and Darfur now the conflict's epicentre. Las
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Emiratos Árabes y Egipto, en el centro del conflicto sudanés por el poder y el oro
Africa • 7:12 PM
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Hace más de dos años y medio que la guerra desgarra Sudán y el conflicto acaba de entrar en una nueva fase crítica. Tras 18 meses de asedio, las Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido (FAR) tomaron Al Fashir, última gran ciudad de Darfur occidental fuera de su control.
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Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
Africa • 6:45 PM
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The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked t
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Sudan funeral attack kills at least 40 as fighting speads into Kordofan region
Africa • 4:48 PM
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An attack on a funeral gathering in North Kordofan's capital El-Obeid killed at least 40 civilians and injured dozens more, the UN said Wednesday, as the two-year war pitting Sudan's army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies.
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Sudanese army views war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a 'battle to the end'
Africa • 2:05 PM
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Sudan's defence minister warned that the army would press on with its fight against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country's security and defence council met to discuss a US proposal for a ceasefire. For in-depth analysis and a deeper pe
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Displaced Sudanese testify of spiralling violence in El-Fasher
Africa • 1:53 PM
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Tens of thousands of people have fled the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after it was seized by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Their arrival in camps was followed of reports of mass killings, sexual violence, attacks on aid workers, looting and abduc
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El secretario general de la ONU advierte que la situación en Sudán se está "saliendo de control"
Africa • 12:36 AM
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Mientras se encontraba en una cumbre de la ONU en Qatar, António Guterres expresó su preocupación por el conflicto armado en Sudán, tras la toma de la ciudad de Al-Fashir por los paramilitares de las Fuerzas de Apoyo Rápido. Según testimonios, se multipl
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Tuesday, november 4, 2025
HRW fears over 1,000 people killed in Tanzania post-election crackdown
Africa • 10:15 PM
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In Tanzania, authorities face mounting concern over killings during the crackdown on protests following last week's election. The opposition claims that security forces are now secretly dumping bodies. Also, the US says it's "very engaged" in Sudan cease
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Costa de Marfil: el Consejo Constitucional confirma la victoria del presidente Alassane Ouattara
Africa • 7:42 PM
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El Consejo Constitucional de Costa de Marfil confirmó el martes 4 de noviembre la victoria del mandatario Alassane Ouattara en las elecciones presidenciales del 25 de octubre. El octogenario gobernará por cuarta vez, tras la inhabilitación de sus princip
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Sahara Occidental: ¿apoyo definitivo a la soberanía marroquí?
Africa • 6:03 PM
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Tras el respaldo del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU al plan de autonomía de Marruecos para el Sahara Occidental, considerado la solución “más realista” al conflicto de casi 50 años, y ante la oposición de Argelia y el Frente Polisario, en El Debate anali
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How Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan went from reform to repression
Africa • 4:54 PM
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Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s president on Monday after winning an election in which her main rivals had been prevented from running. Once seen as a new democratic hope after first rising to the presidency in 2021, Hassan now stands accu
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Jihadists' fuel blockade squeezes Mali's military rulers
Africa • 4:02 PM
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Mali's military rulers have been grappling with a weeks-long blockade on fuel imports imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants. The blockade has plunged the landlocked West African nation into power shortages and deepened the strain on its ruling junta.
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Nigeria denies claims of Christian genocide amid Trump's threats
Africa • 11:48 AM
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President Trump has expressed fierce concern over attacks on Christians in Nigeria, warning that the situation could lead to U.S. military intervention. Nigerian authorities, however, deny any targeted genocide and emphasise that violence affects multipl
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Senegalese beach wrestling set for Olympic debut in 2026
Africa • 11:01 AM
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Wrestling in Senegal is more than a sport — it’s a national treasure, a symbol of pride and passion. Now, the beach version of this beloved tradition will make its Olympic debut at the 2026 Games in Dakar, igniting excitement and ambition among the count
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Tanzania levanta parcialmente el toque de queda y el bloqueo de internet tras la violencia electoral
Africa • 10:55 AM
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Tras días de fuerte presencia de seguridad, las autoridades tanzanas relajaron este martes el toque de queda y el apagón de internet decretados tras las elecciones del 29 de octubre. Samia Suluhu Hassan fue proclamada presidenta con el 98% de los votos,
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Tanzania partially lifts curfew, internet blackout after deadly election violence
Africa • 10:06 AM
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Tanzania partially lifted restrictions including a curfew and an internet blackout on Tuesday after deadly violence broke out following the country's presidential elections.
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Mali: Jihadists' fuel blockade paralyse Bamako
Africa • 10:06 AM
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An al-Qaeda-linked group, JNIM, has blockaded fuel supplies in Mali’s capital for two months, crippling Bamako and pressuring the military government. Though the militants are active near the city, analysts say they currently lack the intent or capabilit
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Sudán del Sur: la escalada de violencia deja 445.000 desplazados en 2025, según el CICR
Africa • 12:18 AM
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La escalada de combates entre facciones étnicas y rivales políticos en Sudán del Sur ha forzado a más de 445.000 personas a huir de sus hogares en 2025, agravando una crisis humanitaria crónica en un país sin elecciones desde 2011; el CICR alertó de una
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