Africa
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Burkina Faso Expels Two EU Diplomats as Rift With Brussels Deepens
O UAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the immediate expulsion of two high-ranking European Union diplomats, marking a…
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Nigerian Megachurch Leader’s Prophecy of a ‘Dramatic’ Release Comes True as 46 Kidnapped Schoolchildren Freed in Oyo State
I BADAN, Nigeria — A high-stakes, 56-day security standoff in southwestern Nigeria concluded dramatically on Friday when a joint military…
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Lumumba: South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Violence Is Not Xenophobia — It Is Afrophobia
When South African vigilante groups began storming migrant-owned spaza shops and forcing out Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Somali traders, they did…
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Nigeria Advances $400 Million Rare Earth Processing Plant in Nasarawa State, Targets 18,000 TPA
A BUJA/UKE, Nigeria — Nigeria is advancing construction of a $400 million rare earth and critical minerals processing plant in…
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South Africa Faces Unprecedented Diplomatic and Economic Backlash Across Africa Over Anti-Immigrant Tensions
J OHANNESBURG — South Africa is confronting an unprecedented diplomatic and economic backlash across the African continent following a resurgence…
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Islamist Terror Tactics Expand South into Nigeria’s Wealthiest Region as Schoolteacher Is Executed
I BADAN, Nigeria — The execution of an abducted schoolteacher in southwestern Nigeria has signaled a dangerous southern expansion of…
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Diplomatic Crisis Deepens as African States Weigh Retaliation Over South Africa Xenophobia
J OHANNESBURG — A fresh wave of targeted violence against foreign nationals has ignited a diplomatic firestorm across the African…
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China Opens Its Market to Africa in Landmark Zero-Tariff Deal as First Shipment Arrives at Shenzhen Port
In the early hours of Friday morning, customs officers at Shenzhen’s Shenzhenwan Port cleared 24 metric tons of South African…
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Mali Accuses Western Media of “Psychological Warfare” as Russia Deepens Sahel Influence
G lobal information warfare has reached a dangerous fever pitch this week as the Malian government and its Russian allies…
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Coordinated Attacks Across Mali Intensify Fighting in Kidal and Central Regions
C oordinated attacks across northern and central Mali over the weekend have escalated fighting in several key locations, including Kidal,…
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