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Mauritania: UN expert encouraged by progress but says more work needed to fully eradicate slavery
Why Is Madrid Pandering to Morocco?
Analysts Question Fairness of Planned Trials for Guinea’s Ex-President, Colleagues
The Need to Strengthen African Financial Solutions Emphasized During Equatorial Guinea Business Forum
Gabon: 2023 presidential candidate Mike Jocktane asks for “free and transparent elections”
Botswana: Former president Khama claims continued harassment by President Masisi
How Has Bitcoin Affected The Real Estate Sector Of Comoros?
In Burundi, young volunteers are trying to broadcast their nation’s charms to the world
New houses, new hopes for IDPs, Somaliland
Land Body Ecologies: Understanding the Traumas of Fortress Conservation
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Guinea Junta Bans Political Protests
Mali: Thousands in new demonstration to show support for junta
Where faith meets politics: Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia
Rebels Kill 10 Civilians in Central African Republic, UN Says
Eswatini police break up pro-democracy protest
Comoros to revive tourism sector and promote local culture
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Western Sahara: Self-Determination, ‘Only Option’ to Resolve the Sahrawi Issue
Last show of Benin Bronzes in Cologne before their return
2,000 attend new Tunisia opposition alliance demo
The Unseen World of Egypt’s Siwi Berber
Chad: Hundreds stage anti-French Protest In N’djamena
Morocco House of Councilors to Adopt Tamazight in Parliament Sessions
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The fight goes on over Western Sahara’s status
Togo food festival seeks to ‘deconstruct’ African cuisine
Mauritius: The sky’s the limit for the Dalais family
Denver Art Museum Deaccessions Benin Bronze as Institutional Repatriations Continue
Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus
Mali withdraws from the regional anti-jihadist force G5 Sahel
Somalia: UN welcomes end of fairly contested presidential election, calls for unity
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May 17: Endangered Species Day
South Sudan’s Hunger Crisis: Over 2 million people reached through multi-sectoral programming
Libya: Armed clashes in Tripoli as power struggle deepens
Pollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit – study
Joe Biden Is Redeploying U.S. Troops to Somalia as a New President Takes Office
The Joyous Island Rhythms of São Tomé and Príncipe
Guinea-Bissau President dissolves parliament, calls for early elections
Chad arrests opposition leaders over anti-France protest
Sierra Leone reports first anthrax outbreak in 28 years
Lesotho: The deal with water
Guinea: Doumbouya and political parties harden their tone
Lesotho: National Assembly Approves Cyber-Crime Bill
Mali’s military junta says it foiled attempted coup
Botswana Is Making Extraordinary Strides in Tackling HIV. Here’s What to Know.
Biafra: You’re not doing enough to stop IPOB – Lai Mohammed warns Facebook
Botswana plans $2.5bln coal-to-liquids plant to cut fuel imports
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1991 May 18: Somaliland Independence Day
Eritrea says the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) planning a large scale invasion
Western Sahara conflict: “One day we will be free”
Ethiopia: Tigray War Costing 1 Million Children a Third Year of School, UN Says
Literature from the Congo Basin offers avenues for dealing with the climate crisis
Burundi: Suspected Opponents Killed, Detained, Tortured
Learn lessons of Rwandan genocide and act now to stop Ethiopian war, UN urged
Gambia needs a stronger focus on nutrition to improve food security
University of eSwatini student protesters fight back at police, soldiers
South Sudan: UN must renew arms embargo amid persistent impunity and ongoing sexual violence
Libya in the prism of US’s Global Fragility Act
SIM registration: now it’s Lesotho’s turn
28 killed in attempted cattle raids in South Sudan
Benin government launches rainwater drainage works in Porto-Novo
Lucapa says 204 carat diamond recovered at Mothae mine in Lesotho
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives
Tunisia raises interest rate to 7%
Botswana, with an import ban on 16 vegetables, plans to ban more over the next two years
Zimbabwe: Activists denounce humanitarian and economic impact of sanctions
Senegal: a Biennale to replant African contemporary art
Botswana-Namibia 2027 AFCON bid takes shape
Hassan Mohamud: The second coming of Somalia’s new president
Tunisia: Neutrality of security forces may not last if the people act, warns Ghannouchi
Football for Schools Programme rolled out in Djibouti
Ransomware Attackers Get Short Shrift From Zambian Central Bank
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U.S. says ‘Hotel Rwanda’s’ Rusesabagina ‘wrongly detained’
Namibia comes to Europe to sell its sunshine
Guinea-Bissau’s political crisis deepens
With new $1bn innovation hub, Rwanda is becoming Africa’s leading tech destination
Rights groups: Tunisia increasing ‘violations’ against journalists
‘Close Chinese retailers’ … activists say only wholesalers should be allowed
Paying to get paid: Young Zimbabweans trade money, sex for jobs
Liberian Elders Embark on ‘Nation Building Programs, Visit National Heritage Sites
Tunisia hosts Phoenix Express 2022 maritime exercise
For Displaced Villagers in Zimbabwe, Diamonds are No Friend
Ten years leading the Seychelles economy
Togo’s government alleges 15 assailants killed during last week’s attack
Zimbabwe Effectively Lets Currency Slide With Interbank Rate
Gabon’s Aubameyang retires from international football
Djibouti welcomes world’s longest subsea cable
Zimbabwe suspends top league after uncontrollable violence in Bulawayo
U.N. says Benin will terminate contribution to peacekeeping mission in Mali
CAR: New UN Rep calls for readjustment of MINUSCA to protect civilians
Somalia Releases Nearly $10M Seized from UAE Plane Four Years Ago
Feels like home: A Mauritian fried street snack on every corner
Senegal: Police investigates homophobic mob attack
Children Abandoned as People Flee Starvation in Tigray
Peace and democracy in the Central African Republic: civil society perspectives
Four Months to go Until South Sudan Oil & Power 2022
Largest Aid Convoy Since Truce Arrives in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
China’s Illegal Rosewood Trade with Mali Under Scrutiny
3 Central African Republic Soldiers To Face Punishment For Killing Peul Herdsman
Kiir orders arrest of 2 prominent Sudanese opposition leaders in Juba
‘Those Killing In The Name Of IPOB Should Stop Now Or Face Biafran Judgment,’ Kanu Reads The Riot Act To Unknown Gunmen
Lesotho court clears Shaun Abrahams of delaying proceedings in treason case
Rwanda to get first batch of asylum seekers from UK this May
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1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day
1948 May 25: Day of Heroes of Fight Against Totalitarianism