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Guatemala ends monthlong state of emergency aimed at combatting gang violence/in /by
Guatemala lifted its state of emergency Monday, one month after President Bernardo Arévalo sought special powers following the killing of 10 police officers by suspected gang members.
Seven Ghanaian traders killed in Burkina Faso militant attack/in /by
Seven Ghanaian tomato traders were killed when Islamist insurgents attacked the town of Titao in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, Ghana's interior minister has said.
Kenya and Egypt hold talks aimed at deepening trade and investment/in /by
They also discussed water scarcity and support for the ongoing Nile Basin Initiative grouping together 10 countries
Dozens of US troops deployed to Nigeria to help with training and intelligence sharing/in /by
About 100 US troops plus equipment have arrived in Nigeria to help train soldiers in the West African country as the government fights against Islamic militants and other armed groups, the Nigerian military announced Monday.
French Interior Minister visit to Algiers raises hopes for improving relations/in /by
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez kicked off a two-day trip to Algeria on Monday in an effort to revive security cooperation between the two countries.
Niger and Algeria announce start of ‘new dynamic’ after pipeline talks in Algiers/in /by
The head of Niger's military junta declared the start of a "new dynamic" with Algeria following a meeting with its president on Monday, announcing plans to start construction on a new gas pipeline.
Kenya airport strike leaves thousands of passengers stranded/in /by
A strike delayed flights at Kenya's main airport on Monday as workers demanded better pay and improved work conditions.
Moroccan lawyers end strike after government backs down on reform bill/in /by
Lawyers in Morocco ended a weeks-long strike on Monday after the government suspended a bill regulating the legal sector and created a commission tasked with initiating dialogue, a professional association said.
Tunisia jails five over deadly 2023 Djerba synagogue attack/in /by
Tunisian courts have sentenced five defendants to prison terms of up to 15 years for their roles in the deadly May 2023 attack on the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba that killed five people, a lawyer confirmed Monday.
Autopsy shows dead Senegal student suffered multiple traumas/in /by
A Senegalese student who died during a university police intervention that shook the nation suffered "multiple traumas" and "massive internal bleeding", according to an autopsy report circulated widely in Senegalese media.