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Junta-ruled Guinea is doing “everything” to ensure presidential and parliamentary elections are held in December, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah told AFP on Tuesday.The west African country’s junta leader General Mamady Doumbouya has promised that 2025 would be “a crucial electoral year” and has announced a constitutional referendum in September.But no date had yet been …

Guinea doing ‘everything’ to hold elections in December: PMTue, 13 May 2025 10:58:44 GMT Read More »

A group of around 50 white South Africans arrived on Monday for resettlement in the United States after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status as victims of what he called a “genocide.”Trump essentially halted refugee arrivals after taking office, but is making an exception for the Afrikaners despite Pretoria’s insistence that they do not …

First group of white South Africans arrive in US for resettlementMon, 12 May 2025 19:55:14 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader, barred from standing in an October presidential vote, said Monday he was resigning as party leader but was counting on being reappointed to fight the election.Political tensions are running high in the west African country where several opposition figures have been declared ineligible to stand.For months, Tidjane Thiam’s campaign for …

I.Coast opposition leader resigns but vows to fight electionMon, 12 May 2025 18:16:27 GMT Read More »

Fresh jihadist violence has killed “several dozen” soldiers and civilians in simultaneous attacks in a town in northern Burkina Faso which for three years has been besieged by armed groups.The junta-ruled west African country has endured a decade of attacks by jihadist armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State. On Sunday, hundreds of jihadists carried …

Jihadist attack kills ‘several dozen’ in Burkina FasoMon, 12 May 2025 15:20:36 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s President William Ruto said Monday that all those abducted in the wake of anti-government protests had been “returned to their families” and promised it would not happen again.It was one of the clearest admissions by the president that security forces had engaged in widespread kidnappings and illegal detentions following massive protests last June and …

Kenya president says abductees have been ‘returned to families’Mon, 12 May 2025 14:18:17 GMT Read More »

The white Afrikaners who have accepted resettlement in the United States did not face “any form of persecution” in South Africa, the foreign ministry said on Monday. It came hours after a first group of 49 white South Africans flew out of Johannesburg following US President Donald Trump’s offer to grant refugee status to white Afrikaners.Mainly …

White S.Africans resettled in US did not face ‘persecution’: govtMon, 12 May 2025 13:21:48 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader, who has been barred from standing in an October presidential vote, said Monday that he was resigning as party leader but would still lead the fight to win the election.Six months before voters choose a new head of state, political tensions are running high in the west African country where …

I.Coast opposition leader resigns but vows to still fight for victoryMon, 12 May 2025 12:07:10 GMT Read More »

France’s foreign minister on Monday vowed an immediate and strong response from Paris after Algeria revealed plans to expel more French officials from Algerian territory after a similar move last month.Relations between Algeria and France, the former colonial power in Africa’s largest nation by land area, have been beset by a series of problems in …

France vows immediate response as Algeria plans more expulsionsMon, 12 May 2025 11:29:25 GMT Read More »

In the shade of a tree on a sunny day, Isac Matate set up a rickety bookstand in a ragged square that was once a beacon for the struggle that ended apartheid in South Africa.Some of the books that Matate packed into the shelves held together with rope touched on the themes of the landmark: …

Monument to post-apartheid South Africa’s founding charter in ruinsMon, 12 May 2025 07:02:03 GMT Read More »

Congolese director Dieudo Hamadi sees his selection on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival jury as “recognition for a career” spent chronicling the traumas of his native Democratic Republic of Congo.Across his 15-year career, Hamadi has won acclaim for his films grappling with both the DRC’s decades of conflicts and the corruption, which together form an …

Dieudo Hamadi, from DR Congo trauma to Cannes film juryMon, 12 May 2025 06:42:05 GMT Read More »