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Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who died in September at the age of 84, served in the country’s government for four decades, starting at independence in 1962 and ending with his ouster from the presidency in 2019. His career exemplified a ruling class defined by military autocracy and economic cronyism, in which Algeria’s oil wealth …
The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution came into sharp focus as many of the African countries whose populations have little to no access to the life-saving shots spoke at the U.N.’s annual meeting of world leaders. Some called for member states to relax intellectual property rights in order to expand vaccine production. “No one is …
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The leader of Guinea’s recent coup told a delegation of West African leaders he was not concerned about new sanctions imposed by the regional bloc to pressure a swift transition to constitutional rule, the junta’s spokesman said. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to freeze the financial assets of the junta …
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The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen from genocide has been convicted of terrorism offenses and sentenced to 25 years at a trial that human rights watchdogs and other critics of Rwanda’s repressive government have described as an act of retaliation. Paul Rusesabagina, credited with sheltering ethnic Tutsis …
Mali has the right to seek military support from whoever it wants, the prime minister said, after France and other foreign powers expressed alarm at a report that Bamako was approaching Russian mercenaries for assistance. Prime Minister Choguel Maiga did not confirm whether the government was in talks with any other party in his comments …
Like many African cities, Accra has grown rapidly over the last few decades, and it’s experiencing a construction boom in the city center. But most of the housing built is far too expensive for the majority of the people, who work in the informal economy and have incomes too irregular to get loans. The privatization …
Ghana’s Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah has vehemently denied that he promised a man whose case was pending before the Supreme Court that he could deliver a “successful outcome” for a payment of US$5 million. But Akwasi Afrifa, the former lawyer for the man at the center of the allegation, Ogyeedom Obranu Kwesi Atta VI, insists …
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The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide,” a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France’s role before and during the horror in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered in 1994. The report comes amid efforts by Rwanda to document the role of French authorities before, during, and after …
Zimbabwe’s president has unveiled a towering bronze statue in the center of Harare, the capital, honoring a 19th-century Black anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading a rebellion against white occupation. President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to press for the return of her skull from Britain. Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, more widely known as Mbuya (grandmother in …
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British, European and American diplomats and donors have voiced serious concerns about how the World Health Organization handled sex abuse allegations involving its own staff during an outbreak of Ebola in Congo. Recently, the AP published an investigation documenting that senior WHO management was informed of multiple sex abuse allegations involving at least two of …