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Mauritania and Senegal Report Rift Valley Fever Deaths Amid Regional Outbreak

Mauritania and Senegal are responding to a Rift Valley Fever outbreak that has killed 10 people. Health authorities, with WHO support, are boosting surveillance and urging safe handling of livestock and animal products to contain the virus.

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Turkey: Erdogan’s Winning Strategy in Africa

Despite the wave of coups d’état in West Africa, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had close ties to the ousted regimes of Guinea, Mali, and Niger, has successfully protected his country’s interests in the region. He has done so through a strategy that combines drone diplomacy with business interests.

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Geopolitics: Religion, Oil, and Minerals are Now Washington’s Africa Strategy

Under Donald Trump, US Africa policy is zeroing in on oil and mineral wealth while using evangelical networks as a back channel into Central Africa — offering political cover to leaders and countering Chinese and Russian influence where Catholic voices are more...
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Ivory Coast Edges Toward Political Flashpoint Ahead of 2025 Election

Rising tensions, legacy rivalries, and fears of renewed violence loom over a fragile democracy. With just months to go before Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election, the political atmosphere is growing tense—perhaps dangerously so. Both the ruling party and the...
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