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Results confirm Faye's large win in Senegal presidential elections

Results confirm Faye's large win in Senegal presidential ele...

7 hours ago

Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Sen ...

AFP  Pius Utomi Ekpei

Son of former Guinea-Bissau president jailed in US for drug ...

7 hours ago

The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than s ...

Coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema has pledged to hand  oil-rich Gabon back to civilian rule after a transitional period.  By Ludovic MARIN AFPFile

Gabon's post-coup reform efforts under fire

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Seven months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, ...

The opposition fears the move will clear the way forlong-serving President Faure Gnassingbe to remain in power indefinitely.  By Yanick Folly AFPFile

Togo tensions rise as police break up opposition event

Mar 27, 2024

Political tension mounted in Togo on Wednesday as police broke up an opposi ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become the youngest president in Senegal's history.  By JOHN WESSELS AFP

Senegal results show large win for opponent Faye in presiden...

Mar 27, 2024

Anti-establishment figure Bassirou Diomaye Faye has comfortably won the Sen ...

AFP PHOTO  FETHI BELAID

Four people sentenced to death in Tunisia for 2013 assassina...

Mar 27, 2024

Four people were condemned to death and two sentenced to life in prison on ...

Senegal.  By Vincent LEFAI, Laurence SAUBADU AFP

Defeated Senegal government faces uncomfortable truths

Mar 27, 2024

As anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set to take Senegal's pre ...

Central African Republic.  By  AFP

C.Africa court sentences an opposition leader for defamation

Mar 27, 2024

A court on Wednesday handed one of Central African Republic's main oppositi ...