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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Njie |Natasha Booty
Coup leader seeks win in first vote since Gabon army takeoverPaul Njie & Natasha BootyBBC News, Libreville & LondonAFPAbout one million people are expected to votePeople are heading to the polls to pick the next president of Gabon, where for the first time in decades a Bongo family member is not on the ballot.
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1 week ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Wedaeli Chibelushi |Ousmane Badiane |Natasha Booty |Paul Njie
After deposing Gabonese President Ali Bongo two years ago, Gen Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was carried through the streets by his triumphant troops, who chanted "Oligui, président! Oligui, président!". The general certainly appeared to be a man of the people as he was held aloft by his soldiers, but to many, he was an unexpected leader. Just five years ago, he barely existed in Gabon's public consciousness.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Paul Njie |Wycliffe Muia
Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack near the border with insurgency-hit Niger and Burkina Faso, authorities have said. Colonel Faizou Gomina, the national guard's chief of staff, said one of Benin's most well-equipped military positions had been hit in the north on Wednesday evening. "We've been dealt a very hard blow," Col Gomina added. The country has in recent years witnessed increasing attacks in the northern region blamed on jihadist groups based in neighbouring countries.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | Paul Njie
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paul Njie
Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has sacked his Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the entire government. The dismissal of the head of government and his cabinet was announced in a decree signed by the junta leader on Friday. The decree did not specify why the prime minister was sacked, but said members of the dissolved government will continue to serve until a new cabinet is appointed.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paul Njie
Chad has said it is terminating a key defence cooperation agreement with France, raising questions about Paris’s waning influence in Africa's embattled Sahel region. Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said it was time for his country to "assert its full sovereignty". The announcement came just hours after Koulamallah's French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, met Chad's President Mahamat Deby.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Paul Njie
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paul Njie
Mali's military leader has sacked the Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, and his government. It follows rare criticism by Maiga of the junta's lack of clarity about a once- promised return to democracy. A decree read on state television by junta leader Col Assimi Goita said the duties of the prime minister and the members of the government were "terminated"Mali has suffered years of jihadist and separatist violence - resulting in military coups in 2020 and 2021.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Basillioh Rukanga |Paul Njie
An overwhelming majority of Gabonese people have voted for a new constitution, military authorities say, in a move that marks a new phase for the country following last year's coup. Provisional results showed 92% of voters backed the new constitution, according to the country's electoral body. The outcome sets the stage for a transition to civilian rule, although critics say it is designed to allow coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema to remain in power.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paul Njie
A video purportedly showing popular Cameroonian singer Simon Longkana Agno, widely known as Longue Longue, being tortured has led to widespread outrage in the country. The artist, renowned for making hits about bad governance, colonialism, and other social ills, said the video was taken after he was arrested in 2019, but it is only being seen by the public now. Longue Longue shared it himself, but it is unclear why it is only coming out now or how he obtained it.
