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Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coupF

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Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaosF

Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaosF

By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso’s presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP.  The government...

Nigeria: Separatist tensions flare in Anambra as gunmen kill five troopsF

Gunmen killed five soldiers and a civilian in southeast Nigeria, police and local media said Thursday, after the latest bloodshed in a region where separatist tensions often flare. Wednesday’s attack on troops in Umunze area of Anambra state was condemned by the...

Nigeria: Campaigning for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election beginsF

Campaigning for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election got off to a low-key start on Wednesday, with candidates holding a book launch and rallies or postponing official inaugurations. Five months before the ballot, four top candidates are emerging in a tight...

Nigerian town caught between jihadist war and peaceF

By Camille Malpat: Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its borders. In September 2014, Boko Haram fighters...