Niger has revoked the licenses of around thirty transport operators and truck drivers for refusing to transport fuel to neighboring Mali, which is facing shortages due to a jihadist blockade.

Gunmen attacked three industrial sites and kidnapped civilians in western Mali over the weekend, local sources told AFP on Monday, as jihadists seek to disrupt the economy.

The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The trade programme gives more than 30 sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to American markets.

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For nearly three years, the administration has operated from its wartime base in Port Sudan.

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Fans of two of Africa's top soccer nations have had their World Cup plans upended because of a travel ban imposed by the Trump administration.

Rights groups including the United Nations and Amnesty International have accused Ugandan authorities of cracking down on dissent ahead of the vote, citing arrests of Wine’s supporters.

The project was expected to cost $10 billion but was later revised to $12.5 billion due to inflation and other modifications.

Ten years after his death, the American boxer and activist is being honoured with a commemorative United States postage stamp.

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The United Nations population agency (UNFPA) says this includes donating their own blood.

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The authoritarian rule of former dictator Yahya Jammeh was marked by human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests.

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It accuses the UAE of undermining the country’s sovereignty and unity.

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Louise Mushikiwabo has headed the Organisation international de la Francophonie since 2019.

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The new UN High Commissioner for Refugees lauded their inclusion into local services..

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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado was granted a private audience with Pope Leo XIV on Monday at the Vatican.

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Former Marseille coach Rolland Courbis, a charismatic figure of French soccer who became a prominent pundit, has died. He was 72.

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Somalia says it has cancelled all agreements with the United Arab Emirates due to evidence the Gulf state is engaged in undermining Somalia’s sovereignty, national unity, and political independence.

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Authorities have pledged to crack down on illegal dredging, but residents say enforcement remains inconsistent — as Lagos faces rising flood risks from the loss of its natural lagoon bu

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Long-awaited hearings at the United Nations top court opened in The Hague on Monday in a case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya minority.

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