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South Africa deputy president’s security officers face assault charges over highway incident/in /by
The weekend incident provoked outrage in South Africa after the video of the armed plainclothes officers attacking the motorists was posted on social media.
Ethiopia: “sharp increase” in hunger in Tigray – UN/in /by
The number of people suffering from severe malnutrition in Tigray, the war-torn region of northern Ethiopia, has risen sharply and the situation is set to worsen, according to the UN.
Senegalese opposition coalition calls for the release of Ousmane Sonko/in /by
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/in /by
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/in /by
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/in /by
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’/in /by
"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/in /by
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/in /by
"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/in /by
"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.