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Governance, Politics

Nigeria purges 1.6M names from voter register

Governance, Politics

Nigeria’s Abubakar campaigns on fuel subsidies as petrol prices sting

Governance, Politics

Presidential poll nominations kick off in Gambia

Governance, Politics

Powerful Senegal party rejects budget in committee

Governance, Military

Sahel states restart dialogue with W. Africa bloc

Governance, Legal

Pro-junta Malian activist charged with undermining state

Governance, Politics

Guinea Bissau junta head fires officer close to former president

Governance, Politics

Guinea Bissau moves towards postponement of December general election

Governance, Politics

Ghana to apply to join BRICS, foreign minister says

Governance, Politics

Guinea grants opposition figure Aliou Bah presidential pardon

Governance, Politics

Guinean opposition leader says passport revoked

Governance, Politics

Guinea media regulator issues warning to French TV outlet

Governance, Politics

Nigerian opposition lobbyist tapped for White House-linked role, firm says

Governance, Politics

Thousands rally to back Niger junta chief after thwarted mutiny

Governance, Politics

Guinea-Bissau votes in referendum on giving president more powers

Governance, Politics

Liberia says taking up to 1,200 US deportees

Governance, Politics

Algerian PM invites Malian counterpart amid rapprochement

Governance, Politics

Sierra Leone parliament passes contested electoral reform

Governance, Politics

Ghana names defense minister a year after predecessor’s death

Governance, Politics

Guinean opposition calls for end to dictatorship

Governance, Politics

US expels dozens to African deportation hubs

Governance, Politics

Burkina Faso added to rights watchlist as junta tightens grip

Governance, Politics

Senegal president launches new party, finalizing rupture with PM

Governance, Politics

Senegal changes course to back ex-president Sall to lead UN

Governance, Politics

EU summons Burkina Faso envoy over diplomat expulsions

Governance, Politics

Algeria says its envoy will return to Mali after year-long rift

Governance, Politics

Senegal cancels exiled Guinea opposition meeting

Governance, Politics

France pulls all diplomats from Burkina Faso

Governance, Politics

UN to close its human rights office in Burkina Faso

Governance, Politics

Ghana, South Africa in diplomatic row after migrant’s death

Governance, Politics

Senegal MPs back constitutional reform reducing president’s power

Governance, Politics

Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France

Governance, Politics

Burkina summons EU envoy over junta remarks

Governance, Politics

Ghana pushes for concrete slavery reparations

Governance, Politics

Guinea ruling party wins landslide in parliament elections

Governance, Politics

Benin president visits Niger, Burkina, following coup tensions

Governance, Politics

Senegal president names government, boycotted by rival

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