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Police beat journalist, fire tear gas during Congo election protest
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police beat a journalist and fired tear gas to disperse a small crowd in Democratic Republic of...
Read more‘Serious decisions’: West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup
By Cooper Inveen DAKAR (Reuters) - West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the...
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UN removes Gabon peacekeepers from Central African Republic after sex abuse allegations
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nations has sent home all 450 Gabonese troops from its peacekeeping mission in Central African...
Read moreSix killed in mining convoy attack in eastern Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Unidentified armed men killed six gendarmes and wounded seven others in an attack on a convoy of...
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Guinea junta tells central bank to freeze government accounts
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's military junta, which seized power over the weekend, said on Thursday that it has...
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West African regional bloc suspends Guinea after coup
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -West Africa's main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea's membership on Wednesday following a weekend...
Read moreMeningitis outbreak kills 129 in north-east Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267...
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