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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has called for more protests against President Macky Sall after being released on a rape charge. Mr Sonko's arrest last week sparked days of deadly protests. He is accused of assaulting a…
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Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos says she has received abuse from people asking "when or if my husband is going to impregnate me". Ms Geingos said she had been called fat, ugly, stupid, too ambitious, and has also been "slut-shamed" -…
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A new round of protests has been planned in Senegal from Monday as opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is expected to make a court appearance in the capital, Dakar, following his arrest last week. Mr Sonko is set to face questions about a…
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At least 15 people have died and some 500 have been injured in a series of explosions near a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea, officials say. Sunday’s blasts, in the main city of Bata, were caused by “negligence” around the storage…
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The World Health Organization has warned there is a “very high risk” that an Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea could spread to neighbouring countries. “As of yesterday, a total of 18 cases were reported:14 were confirmed, including 4…
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President Joe Biden’s relief bill aimed at helping Americans deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has cleared a major hurdle. The $1.9tn (£1.4tn) plan was approved in the Senate on Saturday despite every Republican…
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Kidnappers have released all the girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara on Friday, the state governor told Al Jazeera, as President Muhammadu Buhari expressed “overwhelming joy” over the news.…
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Zimbabwe Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday following local media reports he had engaged in improper conduct. Mohadi, along with Constantino Chiwenga, was a deputy to President Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2018, but without a…
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The BBC reporter in Ethiopia's conflict-hit region of Tigray has been detained by the military. Witnesses say Girmay Gebru, who works for BBC Tigrinya, was taken along with four other people from a café in the regional capital, Mekelle.…
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and two former associates have been sentenced to three years in jail – two of them suspended – for corruption. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty of trying to bribe a magistrate, Gilbert Azibert, by…
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