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And now what? By Arezki Daoud: President Tebboune has had his election and it turned out to be a disaster. The man was warned by his own political police not to run at this stage, as the people were not ready. They begged him to postpone it, or else the country’s...

UN chief Antonio Guterres is "outraged" over the massacre of civilians in Burkina Faso's volatile north, his spokesman said Saturday, the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015. "The Secretary-General is outraged by the...

By Marion Douet The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The putsch has sparked deep concerns over stability in the volatile Sahel...

By Serge Daniel and Malick Konate Mali's interim president and prime minister resigned on Wednesday, a top junta aide said, two days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to amount to the country's second coup in nine months. In New...