A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 10 pirates for 12 years each over the hijacking of a merchant vessel last year
The navy said, in the second such trial under a new anti-piracy law. The pirates, all of them Nigerian, were
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Malian investigators are treating the attempted stabbing attack on the head of the country’s ruling junta Colonel Assimi Goita as a terrorist act
French broadcaster RFI reported on Saturday. Citing a source close to the probe, RFI reported that the suspect had been
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The body of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was returned to his hometown Friday
A private funeral amid heavy security following violent protests and fears of political volatility in the Caribbean nation Moïse’s body
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Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty Friday
A majority of MPs voted in favor of an amendment abolishing the death penalty, according to an AFP journalist who
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Haiti’s first lady Martine Moïse made her first public appearance since arriving in the northern coastal city
In the northern coastal city of Cap-Haitien during a small private ceremony, in memory of her husband and slain President
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Burkina Faso received on Tuesday night a shipment of more than 150,000 Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines doses
A gift from the U.S. through the Covax initiative, that should help speed up vaccination in Burkina Faso which like
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North African nation even as medics battle the coronavirus
According to AFP data, 1.4 deaths per 100,000 residents have been recorded per day in the last week. At Tunisia’s
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Colonel Major Nana Sangaré, an officer in the Malian army has just concluded her training at the G5 Sahel Defense College in Nouakchott, Mauritania
She is the first woman to join this defense college since its creation. Today, she is part of the 3rd
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The graft trial of South African ex-president Jacob Zuma resumed on Monday
held online in a bid to forestall another wave of the deadly unrest that swept the nation after he was
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The famous Sonsbeek biennale event on contemporary art in the historical city of Arnhem, Netherlands
One of the features is this labyrinthe by Justine Gagah from Cameroon open to everyone at all times. The day
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