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Senegalese opposition coalition calls for the release of Ousmane Sonko
Various factions of the Senegalese opposition parties have termed the recent move by outgoing President Macky Sall not to vie again as a triumph to the people.
All you need to know about President Macky Sall’s departure and potential successors
Macky Sall's non-candidacy opens up the political game as never before. No one in his party has revealed his ambitions, and he has not endorsed any dauphin.
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
Tunisians take part in the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between residents and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, in Tunisia's coastal city of Sfax.
Relief in Senegal and beyond after Sall averts election crisis
Tuesday newspapers in Dakar paid lavish tribute to Sall and many local residents said they believed the country had dodged a bullet.
Senegal: Relief in Dakar after Macky Sall’s ‘no third term speech’
"I'm so happy that I'm at a loss for words, because all the Senegalese people were waiting for him. He's done something that will always be engraved in our minds. It's a pleasure and an example that Senegal is still setting".
‘Atrocities’ committed by all sides in troubled Cameroon: Amnesty
The new investigation sheds light on militias in the Northwest Region that are drawn from the Mbororo community -- Fulani herders with a long history of conflict with sedentary farmers.
Burundi: New currency notes attract backlash amid shortage
"When you don’t have a bank account, your old bills aren’t replaced. It’s impossible. They force us to open accounts at the bank when we have no means to add to an account." Chantal Mugisha, merchant at the COTEBU market
Sudan: an army plane shot down during clashes in Khartoum
"We saw pilots parachuting as the plane dived towards the ground ," said a witness in northern Khartoum. A source within the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (FSR) told AFP that the FSR had shot down the army plane.
Tunisia: migrants arrested after fatal stabbing of local man
In Tunisia's coastal city of Sfax, three African migrants have been arrested as suspects following the fatal stabbing of a local man.
France: sentenced to life for the Rwandan genocide, “Biguma” appeals
"Philippe Manier is convinced that the trial will, after a fair process, establish his innocence," said Mes Emmanuel Altit and Alexis Guedj, his lawyers in a press release.