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EFCC ta tsare jami’anta 10 kan satar kuɗaɗen waje da zinare
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EFCC ta tsare jami’anta 10 kan satar kuɗaɗen waje da zinare

Wannan na faruwa ne kwanaki bayan hukumar EFCC ta yi shelar korar jami’ainta 27 bayan an same su da hannu a aikata almundahana. Hukumar yaƙi da masu yi wa tattalin arziƙin Nijeriya ta’annati (EFCC) ta ce ta tsare jami’anta 10 kan zargin satar kayayyakin aiki inda suka kasa bayanin yadda aka yi da...

How Macron's 'contempt' is Africa's weapon
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How Macron's 'contempt' is Africa's weapon

French President Emmanuel Macron's brazen remark about Sahelian states being ungrateful for France's professed help in fighting insurgency could hasten the end of neocolonialism in Francophone Africa. By Mazhun Idris Africa's battle to free itself from the stranglehold of neocolonialism is far fr...

Three killed on Mondlane's return to Mozambique
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Three killed on Mondlane's return to Mozambique

Three people were shot dead by police in Mozambique on Thursday as they congregated to welcome opposition leader Venancio Mondlane. Three people were shot dead by police in Mozambique on Thursday as they congregated to welcome opposition leader Venancio Mondlane who returned from self-imposed exi...

Tchad: attaque manquée contre le palais présidentiel
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Tchad: attaque manquée contre le palais présidentiel

Un commando a tenté de pénétrer par la force dans le complexe présidentiel tchadien à N'Djamena, provoquant la mort d’au moins un soldat avant d'être décimé. "La situation est totalement maîtrisée. (...) Toute cette tentative de déstabilisation a été éradiquée", a déclaré Abderaman Koulamallah, p...

Insurgent attack kills 28 soldiers in Benin
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Insurgent attack kills 28 soldiers in Benin

Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday. Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack in northern Benin, a security source told AFP on Thursday, as violence blamed on militant insurgents based in neighbouring countries increases....

Mozambique opposition leader returns home from exile
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Mozambique opposition leader returns home from exile

There are fears that Venancio Mondlane could be arrested on his return, including on charges related to protests by his supporters. Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned home on Thursday, after fleeing in the days following a hotly contested October election that sparked demonst...

Ten Nigeria anti-corruption officials detained over alleged theft
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Ten Nigeria anti-corruption officials detained over alleged theft

The commission on Thursday said it was part of its commitment to internal cleansing and eradicating corruption within its ranks. Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained 10 of its own officials from the Lagos Zonal Command over allegations of theft of operational ite...

Cold War on the Red Sea: France clutches at straws in Djibouti
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Cold War on the Red Sea: France clutches at straws in Djibouti

France's diminishing neocolonialist clout in Africa after the forced exit of its troops from several Sahelian countries makes its military base in Djibouti the key to retaining a foothold on the continent. By Tuğrul Oğuzhan Yılmaz Djibouti, one of Africa's smallest countries by land area, occupie...