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French diplomat in Mali sentenced to 20 years in prison for ‘undermining state security’

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Photo: Mnazini / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) A court in Mali has sentenced a French intelligence agent with diplomatic status to 20 years in prison for “undermining state security”, judicial sources said Friday, in a ruling that further strains already fraught relations between the West African junta-led state and its former colonial ruler France. […]

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Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid xenophobia concerns

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Photo: Oxfam East Africa / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) The repatriation follows violence in South Africa's Western Cape Province where there were reports just over a week ago of door-to-door intimidation, as well as the deaths of two Mozambicans in Mossel Bay. The Malawians were "among a number of foreign nationals" who had "sought

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Senegal’s ousted PM Sonko re-elected head of his political party

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Photo: Nikiwatanze / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Ousmane Sonko, who was sacked as Senegal's prime minister after a falling out with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was re-elected Saturday as head of his Pan-African Pastef party. Sonko was also elected president of the country's National Assembly shortly after his dismissal as prime minister. The rift

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Mayor cancels DR Congo friendly over Ebola concern

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Photo: UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Democratic Republic of Congo's international friendly against Chile in Spain next week has been cancelled after authorities raised health concerns over the Ebola outbreak in the African nation. Juan Franco, mayor of the city of La Linea de la Concepcion, has signed a decree

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‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

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Photo: Sm105 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana. The draft African

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Mozambique says five citizens killed in ‘xenophobic attacks’ in South Africa

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Photo: Rosa Cabecinhas and Alcino Cunha / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) South African police confirm two deaths of Mozambicans in Mossel Bay as anti-immigration violence sweeps country Mozambique said five of its nationals were killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa at the weekend and efforts were under way on Tuesday to repatriate hundreds

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Peace fails if it is not defended. The UN’s peacekeepers cannot do this alone | Jean-Pierre Lacroix

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Photo: Authors of the study: Kacper Szulecki & Indra Overland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Cuts in international support threaten the work of the women and men bringing hope to the world’s most vulnerable people Jean-Pierre Lacroix is UN under-secretary general for peace operations At a time when conflicts spill across borders, Am-Dafock –

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