US sanctions on ex-President Joseph Kabila over claimed support for M23 add pressure on Kigali and hand Kinshasa’s Félix Tshisekedi a political weapon
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Charges against 13 people, including General Yasir al Atta in absentia, push the UAE’s confrontation with Gen Al Burhan’s camp into a more dangerous phase
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Nairobi’s relaxation of sulphur limits after it rejected a contaminated Gulf cargo suggests it was caught by the fall out from its UAE-linked fuel deals
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A presidential commission into the post-election bloodbath exonerates state security forces, blames unnamed opposition activists for 518 deaths and keeps the details secret
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The EU has thrown AUSSOM a €75 million lifeline pulling the mission back from the brink after questions of US funding – but the money lasts only until June
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Washington is exploring normalisation with Asmara in talks driven by its control of over 1,000 kilometres of Red Sea coastline
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Egypt's finance minister Ahmed Kouchouk will lead a UN-backed Borrowers' Platform for collective debt negotiation but the creditors who matter most will be outside the room
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Rabat’s phosphates conglomerate has raised US$1.5 billion in a hybrid bond and is lobbying Brussels to rewrite EU rules turning Iran's war into a market windfall
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From Yaoundé to Luanda, Pope Leo XIV's African tour has evolved into an indictment of resource exploitation, elite corruption and the use of religion to sanctify war
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By restricting political choice the incumbents have got the outcomes they want – but without any democratic credibility
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Commonwealth peace bid unlikely to rescue reputation of Hassan over rights abuses
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Washington claims great success with its asylum offer to white South Africans as its new ambassador to Pretoria dials back the rhetoric
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Fertiliser shipments blocked in the Strait of Hormuz pose a graver threat than the oil price surge, as currencies weaken, and fuel subsidies are cut
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Charges against 13 officers, including a general, in a plot against interim leader Michael Randrianirina shows how quickly he has lost military support
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A constitutional amendment rushed through parliament on 4 April hands President Biya sole power to appoint and dismiss a vice-president, stoking legal challenges
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