What is ECOWAS and why have 3 coup-hit nations quit the West Africa bloc?
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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen
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News24 | Uganda continues hunt for remaining terrorists who killed SA, British tourists
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. Badru Katumba/AFP Only two of the ADF terrorists who killed a South African and British tourist, as well as a local tour guide in Uganda, have…
At least 60 civilians were killed in Burkina Faso last year in military drone strikes, watchdog says
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News24 | Namibian president to undergo cancer treatment in the US, courtesy of well-wishing scientists
Namibian President Geingob will undergo cancer treatment in the US with the help of leading scientists and medical professionals. Phill Magakoe / AFP Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has taken a…
Football gossip: Victor Osimhen makes decision over Premier League destination
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Blinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia’s Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel
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News24 | Nigeria’s polluted economic hub Lagos bans styrofoam, plastics
The United Nations Environment Programme estimates the equivalent of 2 000 garbage trucks of plastic is dumped into the seas, rivers and lakes every day. Getty Images Nigeria’s Lagos State…
News24 | Jailing the messenger: 47 journalists behind bars in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report
As of December last year, there were 16 journalists imprisoned in Eritrea. weerapatkiatdumrong/Getty Images Eritrea ranks as the worst place to work as a media practitioner in Africa, with the…