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Africa: 70 killed, 11 injured in South Sudan

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France hands over Gossi military base to Malian army
France accuses Russian mercenaries of staging a massacre in Mali
‘We’ve finished our tears’: Tigray’s main hospital exhausts food
Somaliland fire leaves traders penniless and market destroyed

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Niger approves re-deployment of more European special forces from Mali
Guinea’s ousted president Conde freed from house arrest
Equatorial Guinea suspends hundreds of ‘illegal’ ships
Mauritius dispatch: violent fuel protests expose rising disillusionment and social faultlines

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15 soldiers, 6 civilians killed in attacks in Mali, Burkina Faso
Mauritanian Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Sues Canada
Cape Verde: ‘It feels as though everything here is music’
Marine Le Pen is far ahead in the West Indies, Reunion, Guyana and Mayotte

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Over 200 Reported Killed in West Darfur Tribal Clashes
Mali jihadist group claims capture of Russian Wagner group
Senegal reacts to Macron re-election
Guinea and Burkina Faso risk more sanctions over transition delay
Force-Feeding and Drug Abuse: The Steep Price of Beauty in Mauritania
Germany opens trial of Gambia death squad suspect
Biafra: ‘We’ll not spare you’ – IPOB warns as herdsmen threaten to take over Igboland
Cameroon: Separatists [Ambazonia], Nigerian Militants [Biafra] Paralyze Border
How to Decolonize Conservation
With China’s medical expertise, African island winning battle against malaria
French election: why did Le Pen do so well in overseas territories?
‘It’s all gone’: the women left bereft when Somaliland’s largest market burned down
Rwanda defends controversial asylum pact with the United Kingdom

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Niger, Burkina Faso Say 100 Jihadists Killed in Joint Op
Burkina Faso attempts uncertain dialogue with armed groups
Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence
Togo to join Commonwealth
Guinea-Bissau: Crackdown on press freedom
Imarhan: the Tuareg blues group building an autonomous space on their own terms
Pro-Democracy MPs Remain in Jail As Eswatini Burns
Gabon invests in ecotourism to preserve mountain gorillas
Tigray’s health system ‘totally collapsed’, say health workers
Somalia is still fragile: What the new AU mission can do to help stabilise it
Informal Workers in Somaliland Struggle to Pick Up the Pieces
‘I lost everything’: Somaliland market fire upturns life, economy
Price of Bread Up 100% in Zimbabwe Since Russia Invaded Ukraine

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1960 April 27: Togo Independence Day
1961 April 27: Sierra Leone Independence Day
1994 April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa, first post-apartheid elections
Mali accuses France of spying over video of mass grave
Senegal and Rwanda Disclose Plans to develop Space Infrastructure
World Bank Funding Set to Boost Senegal’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects
Benin: Police officer killed in attack on police station
Biafra: Only people like us can decide whether Igbos will leave Nigeria – Okorocha
Pressure mounts for Chad to delay its national dialogue
Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal currency
Lawmakers, rights groups urge US to condition aid to Tunisia
Tunisia: opposition creates National Salvation Front ‘to save’ country
Tunisia detains crew of ship that sank off its coast this month
Seychelles to launch historic atmospheric balloon satellite
Taiwan pledges US$500,000 to help victims of Somaliland fire
Nearly 50 Percent of Zimbabwean Youth Not in School
Miss Rwanda organiser arrested for sexual assault
70 killed, 11 injured in South Sudan violence: UNMISS
South Sudan Monitoring Body: Cease-fire Under Threat
Senior Eritrean delegation on working visit to Russia

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Two former executives charged and jailed for corruption in Guinea
Chairman of Teachers Solidarity in Sierra Leone arrested for speaking out on national television
‘Our hands are tied’: Liberia grapples with heaps of city waste
Soaring food prices due to Ukraine war may stoke ‘unrest’ in Africa, says IMF
Namibia Third Wealthiest in Africa Per Capita
Botswana youth urged to emulate their Chinese counterparts
The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho
132 die of measles in Republic of Congo
Gabonese FA president charged in connection with investigation into alleged sexual abuse
Equatorial Guinea to prosecute owner of sunk oil tanker ‘fraudulently’ flying country flag
Tunisia’s Democratic Backsliding and Economic Woes Illustrate the Limits of Transition
Tunisia’s food shortages shine a spotlight on its core economic failings
Landmines in Libya capital killed 130 in 2020
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow pulls mercenaries from Libya
Spain Is Once Again Denying the Sahrawi People’s Right to Self-Determination
“Vive la France!”: The French once again top tourist market for Seychelles in April
Tigray in Ethiopia was an environmental success story, but the war is undoing decades of regreening
Roger Federer pays visit to Malawi to hand over educational tablets
Malawi-based advocate is working to bring quality drinking water and sanitation services to the African nation
African debt: China to ‘co-chair’ debt restructuring talks with Zambia
Somalia elects speaker, paves way for presidential vote
Zimbabwe introduces online court trials
Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry pledges to end child labor and deforestation
Zimbabwe cracks down on mobile money to discourage US dollar uptake
Burundi rapper imprisoned for flouting ‘good morals’
Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission bringing closure to families of 1972 massacre