W.African leaders agree to create regional force
By Serge Daniel and Emmanuel Anule West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against ...
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West African fish meal exports undermine food security: Greenpeace
Rising exports of fish meal and fish oil from West Africa to Europe and Asia are depriving millions of Africans ...
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Forgotten coffee species in Africa is more resilient to climate change
PARIS, France—A once-prized coffee species, rediscovered in West Africa decades after it was thought to have disappeared, is just as ...
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Growing concern over first W.Africa Ebola outbreak for five years
West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with ...
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Guineans vote in tense presidential election
Voters lined up in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday to cast their ballots in a high-stakes presidential election, with the ...
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Nigerian airline sacks pilots, cuts pay over virus hit
Nigeria's largest airline Air Peace said Tuesday it had laid off a number of pilots and cut salaries in order ...
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Mali protest leaders hike pressure on president after talks
Mali's protest leaders stepped up pressure on President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday, calling for more demonstrations and his resignation ...
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Rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia
Paris—Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday ...
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Two soldiers, five volunteers killed in Burkina attack
Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defence volunteers have been killed during an ambush on a military patrol in ...
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Benin set for controversial local poll despite virus
Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote ...
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