The Latest Breaking News from Africa

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Ivory Coast says that French troops will leave the country starting January 2025, becoming the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power

Newly released government files show the LiveAid campaigner was ‘scathing’ about ‘weak’ African leadership.

Musk’s political influence continues to grow.

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday aged 100, was well known for his diplomatic skills and commitment to respecting human rights – much less so for his African legacy. And yet he was the first US president to visit sub-Saharan Africa and during his short term in…

What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital

The Central African nation delayed elections citing financial challenges and the COVID pandemic.

Call for illicit market to be taken out of hands of criminals as numbers continue to fall drastically due to poaching

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