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France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco

France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled.

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI

Russia’s Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region’s instability

Former South Africa president Zuma is expelled by his former ANC party after forming a challenger

AFRICA PULSE

In this Uganda region, most women report domestic violence. Signed pledges are being used to end it

RODNEY MUHUMUZA

Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is ‘stunning’

MARIA CHENG, GERALD IMRAY

Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilizers are in part to blame

EVELYNE MUSAMBI

Drought threatens millions of children as school dropouts rise along with hunger in southern Africa

FARAI MUTSAKA

African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups’ eviction to protect nature

The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union’s commission on human rights.

Ethiopia’s currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect

Ethiopia’s currency has lost 30% of its value the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation’s economy.

UN ends arms embargo for Central African Republic, in what government sees as sign of confidence

The U.N. Security Council has formally ended an arms embargo on the Central African Republic. It’s a largely symbolic move, but it was welcomed by the country’s government as a sign of confidence as it seeks to end more than a decade of intercommunal conflict.

Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus

South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya.

19 killed in boat accident in Ethiopia’s war-torn Amhara region

At least 19 people have been killed in a boat accident in Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Amhara, according to the Ethiopian Press Agency.

A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year’s deadly flooding

A court in Libya has sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city.

7 security forces and 5 rangers killed in Benin national park as jihadi violence takes root

Seven members of Beninese security forces and five rangers working with a conservation nonprofit have been killed in an attack by an armed group in Benin’s National Park W.

Rebel coalition in Mali claims to have killed dozens of soldiers and Russian Wagner mercenaries

A coalition of armed groups in Mali’s predominantly Tuareg north claims that it killed dozens of government soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in a battle near the border with Algeria.

Seven people killed in stampede at a music concert in Congo’s capital, authorities report

Authorities in Congo say a stampede at a music concert in the capital has killed seven people and injured many others.

Ethiopia declares 3 days of national mourning as mudslide death toll rises to 257

Ethiopian lawmakers declared three days of mourning Friday as diggers continued the search for bodies of mudslide victims in a remote part of the East African country.

South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time

South Africa has appointed its first female chief justice. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country’s most senior judge on Thursday.

South Africa’s DA party takes ANC to court in sign of friction between new coalition partners

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance is taking the African National Congress, the party it co-governs the country with, to court over a preelection speech given by President Cyril Ramaphosa.

More than a dozen African migrants dead, over 150 missing after their boat capsized on way to Europe

The International Organization for Migration says more than a dozen migrants died and at least 150 others are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania on their way to Europe, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation.

A year has passed since Niger’s dramatic coup. Life has become more dangerous and desperate

One year has passed since a dramatic coup in Niger. Coup leaders said they deposed the West African nation’s elected government for two key reasons: its security and economic crises.

Africa’s demand for cooling systems is expanding. But regulating the industry is a struggle

Due to warmer temperatures and increasing urbanization, the market for cooling systems is expanding in Africa.

Kenyan president appoints opposition ministers to his Cabinet amid political unrest

Kenya’s president has incorporated the opposition in his new Cabinet, appointing four ministers from the main opposition party in a bid to form a broad-based government that would address governance issues raised in deadly protests.

Sudan paramilitary leader plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland hosted by US, Saudi Arabia

Sudan’s paramilitary leader has announced plans to attend cease-fire talks in Switzerland next month arranged by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Gen.

Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply

Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country’s entire agriculture sector, including farmers who grow cereals and grains used to feed humans and animals.

Sierra Leone court finds 11 involved in alleged coup guilty. Leader sentenced to almost 200 years

A Sierra Leone court found 11 people guilty of treason and other offenses following what authorities have called an attempted coup, with their leader sentenced to almost 200 years in prison.

Kenya’s turmoil widens as anti-government protesters clash with emerging pro-government group

Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital have clashed with an emerging pro-government group as weeks of turmoil continue.

Anti-corruption demonstrations break out in Uganda’s capital as people note Kenya’s protest success

Ugandan security forces have arrested dozens of people who tried to walk to the parliamentary building in protest over official corruption.

At least 26 villagers killed in latest violent attack in central Mali

An armed group has killed at least 26 villagers in central Mali near the border with Burkina Faso. A local official said Monday that the attack happened on Sunday as most of the victims were working on their farmlands.

Lawmakers in Nigeria try to resolve rift between authorities and Africa’s richest man

Nigerian legislators have begun an investigation into the alleged importation of contaminated fuel into the country, part of efforts to resolve issues causing a rift between an oil refinery owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote and the industry regulator.

Moroccan ex-minister who defended government critics sentenced to five years

Mohamed Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, has been sentenced to five years in prison in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners.

UK’s scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a ‘shocking waste’ of $904 million in public funds, minister says

The U.K.'s new home secretary says a scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen.”

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term

Tunisian President Kais Saied is saying that he will run for a second term. The announcement has been long expected and was made while many of Saied’s potential opponents languish in prison on charges their attorneys have described as politicized.

Governor of eastern Congo’s gold-rich province bans mining activities to ‘restore order’

The governor of the South Kivu province in eastern Congo on Friday ordered the suspension of all mining activities in order to “restore order” in the mineral-rich region plagued by violence from armed groups.

Kenya president retains 6 former Cabinet ministers in first batch of appointments

Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed the first 11 members of his Cabinet. Ruto on Friday retained six former ministers in the key portfolios of defense and interior.

A week of indirect talks involving Sudan’s warring parties wraps up in Geneva

A U.N. envoy says a week of indirect talks involving Sudan’s warring parties has ended in Geneva. He described the discussions on Friday as an “encouraging initial step” in a complex process.

Nigeria more than doubles the minimum wage for government workers after strikes and negotiations

Public sector workers in Nigeria on the minimum wage will see their salaries double after the government reached an agreement on Thursday with labor unions that have been threatening further strikes as the cost of living spirals.

US announces $203 million in new aid to war-torn Sudan amid major humanitarian crisis

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced nearly $203 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Sudan.

US Treasury sanctions Sierra Leone man for allegedly smuggling migrants into the United States

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a man from Sierra Leone for smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and Africa into the United States.

African Development Bank approves $1B loan to South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company

The African Development Bank says it has approved a $1 billion loan to South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company, Transnet.

South African president says new coalition government is united in tackling unemployment and poverty

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term. It comes nearly two months after an historic election result reshaped the country’s politics and led to the formation of an unprecedented multiparty government coalition.

A truce to halt violence in eastern Congo is extended as calls grow for the displaced to return home

The United States has announced the extension of a humanitarian truce that had reduced fighting in eastern Congo. The announcement by the U.S.

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