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Three Senegal Opposition Lawmakers Arrested After Disputed Vote Delay

Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament’s move to delay a presidential vote by…

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Senegalese Lawmakers Vote to Postpone Presidential Election to Dec. 15

Senegal’s parliament on Monday voted to hold a postponed presidential election on Dec. 15 in the face of public outcry…

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Senegalese Presidential Candidate Arrested Near Election Protest

Senegal’s former prime minister Aminata Toure, now a leading opposition figure, was arrested on Sunday in Dakar at a protest…

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Namibia Interim President Says To Plan To Run In This Year’s Election

Namibia’s Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country on Sunday after Hage Geingob died …

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Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency in Amhara

Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency…

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Tunisia’s Central Bank Keeps key Interest Rate Unchanged at 8%

Tunisia’s central bank has kept the key interest rate unchanged at 8%, it said on Friday, adding it was watching…

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Nearly 400 Ethiopians Have Died of Starvation Recently

Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said…

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How Ethiopia’s Quarrel With Somalia Could Destabilise Horn of Africa

Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted…

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