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Bereaved families mourn relatives after attack in central Mali
AU condemns Tunisia’s president ‘shocking’ statement on migrants
SA rich opt for Mauritius as no inheritance tax fuels property boom
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First Person: Hatching a plan for success in rural Gambia
Explosion injures 19 Kenyan athletes at Buea, Cameroon Trail race
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1976 February 27: Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Emmanuel Macron embarks on African tour as France seeks to redefine its role
Basketball World Cup: Cape Verde become smallest nation to qualify for tournament
Togo: $64 million from the World Bank for solar energy and electricity storage
Guinea: victims have their say at the stadium massacre trial
Mali: Tebboune receives ex-rebel signatories of the peace agreement
Tunisia climate of fear pushes sub-Saharan migrants to the exit
Cameroon: Ambazonia Defence Forces separatist group claims responsibility for bombings in Buea Feb. 25 /update 1
U.S., Djibouti, Japan Partner in Trilateral Engagement to Combat Illegal Shipping
Ethiopia seeks to end U.N.-ordered probe into Tigray war abuses
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Sierra Leone: Freetown residents build homes on the sea
Benin passed one of Africa’s most liberal abortion laws. Why are women still dying?
Finance Is Failing the World’s Best Defense Against Climate Change
Batwa in Kisoro Hire Out Land to Get Quick Money for Survival
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Liberia: New African Development Bank study outlines steps to draw artisanal and small-scale miners into formal sector, boosting economy
Austria supports Morocco’s initiative for Western Sahara
French President Macron begins Africa tour in Gabon
Gabon Summit Promotes Worth of Tropical Rainforests
In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence
International concern as conflict grows in breakaway Somaliland
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Genomic study of indigenous Africans paints complex picture of human origins and local adaptation
Congo: European oil companies’ secret interests with ruling family
Seychelles & India sign agreement on information sharing in maritime security
Small island states fight back against nature loss, climate change
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2023 Aprilia Tuareg Experience | Mexico and New Mexico
Summit to protect world’s largest forests ends in Gabon
Gabon: Bongo, Macron take part in a summit to protect rainforests
Ericsson fined for dodgy Djibouti dealings and warned over Iraqi indiscretions
In Malawi, community-run Oral Rehydration Points help address cholera deaths
Batwa community decry violation of their rights
Oromo Orthodox Split: A Collision Between Politics and Faith
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Sub-Saharan Africans desperate to leave Tunisia after attacks
France’s Macron takes Africa push to Brazzaville
Doctor in Embattled Somaliland City Says 145 Dead
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Who is Joseph Kony? The altar boy who became Africa’s most wanted man
Macron ends Africa tour with wish for renewed partnership
Protests in Kinshasa against French president Macron’s visit
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1957 March 6: Ghana, 1st sub-Saharan African country to become independent from colonial rule
Startups in Francophone Africa are on the rise
Central African Republic: ex-president Francois Bozizé leaves Chad for Guinea-Bissau
Gambia stun Nigeria 1-0, reach U-20 AFCON final
4 jihadists escape in deadly Mauritania prison break
Afrocentrism is trending in the Maghreb. It’s because Sub-Saharan migrants are rewriting their narrative.
Visiting Eswatini PM affirms ties with Taiwan, denounces ‘bullying’
Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin
Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity
South Sudan faces ‘make or break’ year on road to lasting peace
Somaliland: A gateway to the Horn of Africa
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Tunisia: World Bank concerned about sub-Saharan migrants
Seychelles Court Approves CoinFLEX Restructuring Plan
Impunity drives cycles of ‘horrific’ crimes in South Sudan, Human Rights Council hears
Is Russia Courting Malawi Support on Ukraine?
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Making English an official language can turbo-charge Angola’s economy
Consortium signs $34 billion MoU for hydrogen project in Mauritania
Pathway to Eradicating FGM in Liberia: An intentional participatory process
SEforALL helping young women build renewable energy careers in Sierra Leone
‘A good year for women in Sierra Leone’
Eswatini Air hitting the skies this month
Botswana’s Minergy seeks govt bailout after halting coal mining ops
Zambia Police Arrest Feminist NGO Leaders, Accuse Them of Promoting Homosexuality
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#KeepItOn in Mauritania: authorities must restore internet connectivity
Biafra: Supreme Court obstructing Nnamdi Kanu from getting justice – IPOB
Burundi’s homosexuality crackdown: 24 people prosecuted
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1980 March 10: Berber Spring
Microsoft Translator adds 13 African languages
InfoPoint conference: Unlocking the potential of secondary cities for Africa’s sustainable urbanisation
Gambia: opposition holds rally against corruption
Small Grants Yield Big Wins for Women Farmers in Sierra Leone
Mali postpones constitutional referendum
“Dunes and Waves”: the story of the Tuareg surfer girl
Migrants flee Tunisia after president’s ‘racist hate speech’
Central African Republic Can Lift Millions Out of Poverty by Revitalizing its Agricultural Sector: World Bank Report
Seychelles is first WTO member from Africa to formally accept fishing subsidies agreement
Comoros chairing African Union a chance to address trade issues
Children face acute risk amid Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak
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Senegal beat Gambia 2-0 to win Under-20 AFCON
São Tomé and Príncipe readies for graduation day
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1968 March 12: Mauritius Independence Day
Italy Estimates 680K Migrants May Cross Sea From Libya
Thirty missing, 17 rescued as boat capsizes north of Libya
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2005 March 13: Tunisian National Day of Internet Freedom
Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament
Living in Eswatini
Botswana, Zimbabwe to Discuss Eliminating Use of Passports
Madagascar migrants drown trying to reach French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte
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Benin will have its first ever Venice Biennale pavilion in 2024
Song You Need: Tinariwen’s Tuareg fight song
Worst air quality: Chad home to highest air pollution
FIDH Vice-President arrested and expelled from Djibouti
Cyclone Freddy leaves hundreds dead in Malawi, Mozambique
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Liberia’s war and peace: Lessons from 30 years’ reporting
IOM Welcomes Guinea’s First Ever Migration Governance Framework
As Russia looms, US seeks influence in West Africa’s fight against Islamists
UAE signs three Memoranda of Understanding with Republic of Congo-Brazzaville
Eswatini Global Day of Action – 12 April 2023
Djibouti fiddles amid the scramble for the Red Sea
Zimbabwe holds voter registration ahead general elections
Zambia says it is pushing to agree debt restructuring despite delays
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Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone: Africa’s new coastal hub
Dark clouds over investigative journalism in Togo
UN Security Council extends UN mission in South Sudan for one year
Will Peace Hold in Tigray? Blinken Visits Ethiopia Four Months After Truce Reached to End War
Blinken says Ethiopia must do more on Tigray peace deal
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Cape Verde: a call for tenders for the construction (EPC) of four solar power plants
Benin to host the 45th CAF Ordinary General Assembly in July
Conakry and ECOWAS clash over Condé-era ministers
Senegal: Authorities intensify repression ahead of 2024 election
IPOB protests ‘10th deadliest’ terror group ranking
Eastern Libya forces say they have found uranium reported missing by IAEA
Advancing Forest Conservation in São Tomé and Príncipe
Cameroon priest said clergy targeted by security forces during recent election
Burundi announces first polio outbreak in more than 30 years
Western Donors Pressed to Sanction Rwanda as DRC Violence Escalates
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British Home Secretary visits Rwanda in a bid to accelerate deportation deal
Ethiopia’s Tigray region appoints new interim leader, Tigrai TV reports
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Tinariwen Announces New Album Amatssou
Project in Burundi aims to make access to clean water available to all
Cyclone Freddy: Fears that Malawi’s cholera outbreak will spiral
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1956 March 20: Tunisia Independence day
Mali: 2 Red Cross employees kidnapped in early March released
In Morocco’s mountains, villagers hold on to ancient traditions
Nigeria 2023: Biafra agitations may deepen after divisive elections
What’s behind Spain’s about-face on Western Sahara?
Gunmen kill 9 Chinese at mine in Central African Republic
Ten years of atrocities and violence in Central African Republic
Namibia: court cancels nationality of child of same-sex couple
Blinken says Ethiopia, Eritrea, rebels committed ‘war crimes’
Somalia drought may have killed 43,000 last year – UN
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1990 March 21: Namibia Independence Day
Guinea-Bissau : Building Resilience for Vulnerable Populations
Liberia: Biometric Voter Registration Begins
Liberia: African Development Fund grant to modernise payments infrastructure and systems
Togo/Burkina Faso: $1.3 million for environmentally responsible shea production
Journalist arrives back in France after two years of captivity in Mali
‘We are still here:’ Indigenous Tunisians still fighting for rights 1,300 years after colonization
5 Western Togoland secessionists jailed five years
US again endorses Morocco’s Western Sahara proposal as “serious, credible and realistic”
Ethiopia and Eritrea reject US war crimes charges
Half a Million Displaced in Malawi by Cyclone: Humanitarian Needs Soar
U.S. says war crimes committed by all sides of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
Ethiopia denounces “unfair” US accusations of war crimes in Tigray
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Algerian president says Morocco ties reach ‘point of no return’
Erosion of civil rights in Algeria worries Brussels
Chad jails over 400 rebels for life after ruler’s death
Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers
Ethiopia’s parliament removes Tigray rebel party from terror list
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Brother of Biafra separatist held in Nigeria loses court challenge against UK
Ethiopian PM appoints TPLF official as head of Tigray interim administration
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Guinea-Bissau upset Nigeria in Cup of Nations qualifier
Benin: Promoting the Restoration of Forests to Foster Sustainable Fuelwood Production and Strengthen Climate Resilience
Confucius Institute inaugurated in Djibouti
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Gold Rush in Mauritania
Niger’s army entered Mali in hunt for ‘terrorists’: ministry
News: Veteran Oromo politician, scholar says govt must lift terrorist designation from OLA to enable dialogue
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Tuareg vs Mali Government: A 6-Month Forecast
At least 28 migrants die as boats sink off Tunisia
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Libya: Urgent action needed to remedy deteriorating human rights situation
Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe
Football for Schools kicks off in Seychelles
Mauritius Telecom’s T3 subsea cable lands in Mauritius
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Blue Carbon Locks Another Deal with Government of Liberia to Develop Nationwide Sustainable Climate Change Initiatives Under Article 6 of Paris Agreement
Senegal’s artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint
Chad’s President Deby pardons 259 protesters jailed last year
A cheetah relocated from Namibia to India as part of conservation efforts has died
Freed “Hotel Rwanda” hero arrives in Qatar
Zambia’s President: ‘You Cannot Eat Democracy’
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Pirates take over Liberia-flagged oil tanker in Gulf of Guinea
Senegal: Clashes between police officers, students in Dakar on the eve of Sonko trial
Chad approves bill to nationalise assets ExxonMobil sold to Savannah Energy
Botswana Rejects Anti-democracy Allegations
Amid Longest Drought on Record, Many in Somalia Are Breaking Ramadan Fast With Little but Water
US Vice President Harris’ Visit to Zambia Raises Excitement
Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army edge towards talks
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Vatican Repudiates Colonial Era ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Lesotho MP demands huge parts of South Africa
Equatorial Guinea confirms 13 Marburg cases after WHO comments
How Zimbabwe uses gold smuggling to evade sanctions choke
Instability and Democratic Backsliding in Somaliland
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Explainer: Why Lesotho parliament is debating reclaiming land from South Africa
Tunisia introduces water quota system due to severe drought
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1805 April 2: Children’s Book Day/Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday
1960 April 4: Senegal Independence Day
1994 April 7: Rwandan genocide
1873 April 13: Colfax massacre
1980 April 18: Zimbabwe Independence Day
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
May 3: World Press Freedom Day