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IMF Ties Egypt Loan Disbursements to Currency Flexibility
AFRIQUECAN: THE IMF will tie payments to Egypt under an $8 billion financial programme to Cairo’s letting market conditions determine…
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Opposition Faye Wins Senegalese Presidential Election
AFRIQUECAN: BASSIROU Diomaye Faye has won the Senegalese presidential election… www.afriquecan.com The anti-establishment figure won with 54.28% of votes in…
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S African Parliament Speaker Takes Special Leave Over Corruption Inquiry
AFRIQUECAN: SOUTH AFRICA’S National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Thursday that she will take special leave as a result…
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Gambian Parliament Debates Bill to Reverse Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
AFRIQUECAN: GAMBIAN lawmakers on Monday debated whether to repeal a ban on female genital mutilation, which has been on the…
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Niger’s Junta Revokes Military Agreement With US
AFRIQUECAN: NIGER’S junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. Saturday’s announcement…
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EU Pledges Billions of Euros For Egypt
AFRIQUECAN: THE European Union announced a 7.4 billion euro ($8.1 billion)funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt on Sunday,…
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Campaign For Jailed Senegal Election Candidate Faye Takes to The Road
AFRIQUECAN: BACKERS of detained opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye are taking his campaign to the streets of Senegal with…
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Sudan’s Army Claims Control of National Broadcast Building
AFRIQUECAN: SUDAN’S army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on…
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Sudan Army General Rules Out Ramadan Truce
AFRIQUECAN: A top general from Sudan’s army has ruled out a truce in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan unless…
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Libyan Leaders Agree to Form New Unified Govt
AFRIQUECAN: THREE key Libyan leaders said on Sunday they had agreed on the “necessity” of forming a new unified government…
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