DAKAR—An activist and a preacher were taken into police custody in Dakar after filming videos criticising Senegal's prime minister for perceived tolerance towards gay people, AFP learned Tuesday.
NIAMEY—Niger's military regime said Tuesday that seven soldiers and several dozen "terrorists" have been killed in fighting in a restive region plagued by insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
CONAKRY—A Guinean civil society collective which has spearheaded protests in recent years on Tuesday threatened to resume them if the junta did not commit to handing back power by the end of the year.
BRUSSELS — The European Union admitted on Tuesday to a "difficult situation" after a journalism consortium reported that Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania were dumping migrants in the desert — with direct help from EU funds.
PORT SUDAN—At least 85 people have died in a single hospital in the Darfur city of El-Fasher since fighting reignited between Sudan's warring parties on May 10, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.
LAGOS—Gunmen riding motorbikes killed around 40 people in a raid on a mining community in north-central Nigeria, opening fire on residents and torching homes, the local government said on Tuesday.
DAKAR—A court in Mali has sentenced a well-known academic to two years in prison, one of which is suspended, for criticizing the military regime, his lawyer said.
NAIROBI—Kenyan President William Ruto meets his US counterpart Joe Biden in Washington this week, with the crisis in Haiti and efforts to build trade ties likely to top the agenda.
WASHINGTON - After a nearly two year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States' first Black astronaut decades ago.
CANNES, France — An Egyptian film at the Cannes Film Festival is gaining support from critics. The feminist documentary, 'The Brink of Dreams,' challenges early marriage and other women's issues.
KINSHASA—A number of Americans and a British man were part of a group responsible for a coup attempt in DR Congo capital Kinshasa in the early Sunday, army spokesman General Sylvain Ekenge said.
VERONA, ITALY — Pope Francis presided over a forum for peace Saturday during a visit to Verona, home to the warring Montague and Capulet families in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
JERUSALEM—Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said Saturday he would resign from the body unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip.
NAIROBI—Kenyan police will deploy to Haiti within weeks to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at tackling gang violence, a senior government official in the East African country said Sunday.
DAKAR—An alliance of separatist rebel groups fighting Malian government forces on Saturday accused the army and Russian paramilitary group Wagner of killing 11 civilians earlier in the week.
ATLANTA — U.S. President Joe Biden speaks Sunday at the former university of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr, in a bid to woo Black voters that risks being overshadowed by protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
CAIRO— Egypt's top court Saturday removed the names of ex-football star Mohamed Aboutrika and 1,500 others from "terrorist" lists over their alleged links to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, a lawyer said.
ACCRA—Ghana's president Friday urged his visiting Senegalese counterpart to use his goodwill within the Economic Community of West African States to help resolve disputes with Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali.
NIAMEY—Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalized plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia.
CONAKRY—A Guinean opposition coalition on Saturday called on the ruling junta to organize elections for a return to civilian rule by the end of 2024, urging demonstrations to support the demand.
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![FILE— A supporter of the Alliance Of Sahel States holds a placard reading 'down with ECOWAS, long live [the alliance]' during a rally to celebrate Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Bamako on February 1, 2024.](https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000-0a00-0242-ba8f-08dc23724401_w66_r1.jpg)
