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BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s transitional government has created working groups with members of West Africa’s regional bloc, the African Union and the United Nations to work toward a return to constitutional order, it said on Wednesday. The West African state was hit hard with sanctions https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-eyes-elections-four-years-west-african-bloc-mulls-sanctions-2022-01-09 last month after the military junta that first seized …

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By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS (Reuters) – President Kais Saied’s move to dissolve Tunisia’s top judicial authority has triggered a critical confrontation over rule of law and his own accountability as he slides further towards one-man rule. Saied https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisian-president-denies-coup-holds-power-tight-2022-02-02, who suspended parliament and seized executive power last summer in moves his foes called …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Somaliland has “huge” investment potential in untapped oil and gas reserves, the foreign minister of Somalia’s breakaway region told Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, pitching investment opportunities on a high-profile visit. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its independence. The region has …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – President Macky Sall of Senegal awarded a special cash prize, prime real estate, and the country’s highest order to the men’s soccer team as the country continued to celebrate their victory in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final against Egypt. Senegal’s first win of the coveted trophy it has been chasing for …

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said he would defy a planned vote in parliament to replace him on Thursday, raising the prospect of two rival governments running in parallel. Dbeibah has repeatedly said the transitional Government of National Unity (GNU) that he heads remains valid despite the collapse in December of …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – At least 30 Islamist militants were killed and dozens of vehicles and weapons destroyed during joint operations between the French-led Takuba task force and Malian soldiers last week, the French Army Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. During the main operation on Feb. 3, a column of fighters on motorbikes was …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union said on Tuesday it was lifting its freeze on financial support to Burundi, noting a more open political climate and the return of refugees in the central African country under new President Evariste Ndayishimiye. The decision, which opens the way for the bloc to restart financing to Burundi’s state …

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