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Bloc has ‘serious doubts’ over vote, for which declared runner up has called a recount
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With a free trade agreement signed, a new era of prosperity beckons for the African continent
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Editorial: The prime minister struck a more cautious note than her predecessors on her visit to Beijing. Her approach is sensible – but she has fewer cards in her hand
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US president condemned by UN and African Union, as ex-ambassador warns his comments ‘are disorienting for our partners’
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US diplomats around the world were summoned for formal reproach, amid global shock over Trump calling African nations, Haiti and El Salvador ‘shitholes’
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As Donald Trump cut funding for family planning and people from east Africa to Yemen went hungry, peace finally gained a foothold in Colombia
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Migration is top of the agenda as summit between European and African leaders gets under way in Ivory Coast
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Editorial: Robert Mugabe vowed to stay in power until he was 100. But his decision to favour his unpopular wife Grace and sack his vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, known as ‘the Crocodile’, sparked Wednesday’s military intervention
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Move would help army drive out Islamist group, says president as UN chief seeks extra $900m in aid for drought-hit country
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Judge in Senegal acquits Hissène Habré of a rape charge but upholds other charges including torture and murder
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Editorial: Parts of the country are already experiencing famine. The government won’t help its people – we must
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The country left the Union in 1984 after a row over the status of Western Sahara. Morocco’s readmission brings hope of peace-building over the territory
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Outgoing AU chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma speaks out against US travel ban on refugees from Somalia, Libya and Sudan as she is succeeded by Moussa Faki
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New president remains in Senegal after ex-leader Yahya Jammeh leaves, pending assurances about security situation
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Editorial: The country has seen its first democratic transition thanks to sustained external pressure. That is an encouraging sign for the region as a whole
African Anti-Corruption Day is a call to action