ABIDJAN — Ivory Coast's nationalist former President Henri Konan Bedie has died aged 89, his party said.
WELLINGTON - South Africa won a Women's World Cup match for the first time Wednesday, with a stunning 3-2 victory over Italy to reach the last 16 in a thriller.
PARIS — The military coup in Niger last week raises the question of Europe's dependency on uranium mined in the West African nation for its nuclear power plants.
DAKAR — Two people were killed Monday during protests in southern Senegal after the indictment and detention of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, a presidential candidate for the 2024 election, the interior ministry said.
AUCKLAND - Holders the United States squeezed into the last 16 of the Women's World Cup Tuesday with a shaky 0-0 draw against debutants Portugal, finishing second in Group E behind the Netherlands.
DAKAR — Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week, as his lawyers condemned his arrest.
BANGUI — The Central African Republic voted on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to seek a third term in a country which has endured several coups.
Haiti has welcomed "with great interest" a Kenyan offer to lead a 1,000-strong multinational force to bolster security in the violence-torn Caribbean country.
About 50 Zimbabwean opposition activists clad in yellow T-shirts were knocking on doors and handing out election flyers in Harare when a dozen riot police arrived and told them to disperse.
Coup leaders in Niger said Thursday they had won broad army support and called for calm, but former colonial power France said it did not consider the apparent putsch "final."
PARIS — Ever since Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin staged a mutiny in Russia last month, questions have been raised over the future of his group in Africa, the cradle of its wealth and notoriety.
NAIROBI — A Kenyan court on Friday lifted the suspension of controversial tax hikes that have sparked opposition protests in the country, allowing the government to raise levies until a final ruling is issued.
SYDNEY — Argentina launched a comeback to deny South Africa a first win ever at the Women's World Cup on Friday as European champions England who stood on the brink of the last 16 handed Denmark a defeat.
WAD MADANI, SUDAN — Rockets pummeled the Sudanese capital Thursday, witnesses said, as paramilitaries attacked a key air force base north of the capital claiming to have killed and wounded "dozens" of soldiers.
TUNIS - Western nations fear an economic collapse in Tunisia could trigger even greater migrant flows to Europe and have offered financial assistance. Yet prospects of Tunisia's sealing a $1.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund seem increasingly remote.
NAIROBI — Kenyans on Wednesday voiced cautious optimism for an end to political unrest after President William Ruto said he was ready to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga "anytime" following months of anti-government protests.
ALGIERS - Algerian firefighters were Tuesday battling blazes that have so far killed 34 people — 23 of them in the coastal region of Bejaia, according to authorities and a local radio station keeping track of the grim toll in Bejaia.
MOSCOW - Russia will host African leaders this week for a summit aimed at boosting ties amid concerns in Africa over the suspension of a deal on Ukrainian grain exports.
ROME — Italy hosted numerous national leaders in Rome on Sunday, at a conference aimed at extending a European Union-backed deal with Tunisia to curb the arrival of migrants to European shores.
LIBREVILLE — Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba will face 18 other candidates in next month's poll, election officials announced Monday.
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