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L’ex-dictateur et président du Mali Moussa Traoré, à la tête du pays pendant 22 ans, a été inhumé vendredi à Bamako après des obsèques nationales en présence de membres de la junte au pouvoir et d’anciens responsables nationaux, mais boudées par les dirigeants étrangers.

Le Parquet national antiterroriste français a annoncé samedi avoir arrêté et mis en examen un ex-responsable de la garde de François Bozizé, ancien président de la Centrafrique.

Former Malian dictator Moussa Traore is laid to rest… Members of the military junta among those present at his state funeral. Traore died earlier this week at the age of 83. In Cameroon, appeals court upholds life sentences for ten anglophone separatists including Ayuk Tabe, the leader of the self-declared state of Ambazonia. They …

Prime Minister of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) Farrej al-Sarraj stepped down on Wednesday, prompting a flurry of speculation about his reasons for doing so, as well as fears that his resignation could cause further turbulence in a country racked by nearly a decade of chaos.

Le maréchal Khalifa Haftar, l’homme fort de l’Est de la Libye, a annoncé, vendredi, la levée sous conditions du blocus imposé sur les champs et ports pétroliers par des groupes sympathisants depuis janvier.

A damning new report from Human Rights Watch says that Black and Asian non-nationals living in South Africa frequently find themselves subject to discrimination, forced displacements and violence. It also concluded that a government plan to tackle the problem launched last year is bearing little fruit. How can South Africa’s xenophobia problem be tackled when there …

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said on Friday his forces would let oil production resume after an eight-month blockade and a senior politician in Tripoli said a committee would be formed to ensure fair distribution of revenues.

In tonight’s edition: From Hollywood hero to suspected terrorist. High profile Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina is denied bail by a Kigali court. Catastrophic floods affect hundreds of people in South Sudan. We speak to Matthew Hollingworth from the Director of the World Food Programme in the country. And in Uganda forests …

L’ex-chef rebelle et ancien Premier ministre ivoirien Guillaume Soro a appelé ce jeudi l’opposition, dont les ex-présidents Laurent Gbagbo et Henri Konan Bédié, à s’unir pour obtenir l’organisation « d’élections libres et transparentes » et faire barrage à un 3ème mandat du président sortant Alassane Ouattara. France 24 revient sur ces déclarations …

Islamic State has credited its West Africa affiliate for killing six French aid workers and their Nigerien guide and driver at a giraffe reserve in Niger on Aug. 9, according to a statement published by the SITE Intelligence Group on Thursday.