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Ten people are dead in Guinea's north-eastern mining district of Siguiri, nine days after a ban on artisanal gold mining took effect.

More than 1,200 people are also facing trial. Thousands of foreign miners have been displaced into neighbouring countries.

What is behind the crackdown, and what happens next?

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#Guinea #GoldMining #Africa

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What makes young people want to leave home?

In Cape Verde, the answer is increasingly tied to employment, wages and the search for better opportunities.

The presidential election puts those frustrations in focus. But can a president deliver what young people want?

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The coconuts were genuine. The cocaine was hidden beneath them.

Spanish authorities have seized 2.6 tonnes of cocaine concealed under false floors in coconut crates shipped from Ghana's Tema Port.

Two men have been arrested near Almería. But who loaded the drugs?

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#Ghana #CocaineTrafficking #TemaPort

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Four boats. 759 people. One Tuesday.

Senegal's Navy rescued nearly 800 migrants in a single day as attempts to cross the Atlantic towards Spain's Canary Islands continued.

Meanwhile, a deadly shipwreck off Kébémer left 39 people dead.

What is driving the departures, and can patrols stop them?

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#Senegal #Migration #CanaryIslands

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Nine people turned back from Guinea’s gold fields have died in Mali. The circumstances remain unexplained.

As Guinea counts arrests in the thousands and Mali reports mass arrivals, questions are mounting over the human cost of the mining crackdown.

What happened to the expelled workers?

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#Guinea #Mali #GoldMining

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Joseph Kabila's new rebel front is advancing through South Kivu.

The FRN has captured settlements along the RN3 highway, displaced thousands and raised fresh questions about the Congolese army's ability to hold its positions.

Can Kinshasa stop the advance?

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#DRC #SouthKivu #JosephKabila

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Ghana has cancelled 10 Service Passports. But the opposition says about 300 people travelled on questionable diplomatic and service passports.

Two officers have been interdicted. The police and Special Prosecutor are investigating. Parliament may launch another probe.

How deep does the scandal go?

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#Ghana #GhanaPolitics #PassportScandal

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The debt arrives before the first client does.

Nigerian and other foreign women recruited to Abidjan with promises of work find themselves trapped in debt bondage and sexual exploitation.

Some repay their debts. Their freedom is still withheld.

Why do the trafficking networks keep operating?

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#HumanTrafficking #Nigeria #CotedIvoire

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Thirty-four months without wages.

Houseboat workers in Port Harcourt say they have been left unpaid while their employers pursue the Nigerian Army over outstanding rental payments for vessels used in Operation Delta Safe.

The boats are still working. The workers are still waiting.

Who takes responsibility?

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#Nigeria #NigerDelta #WorkersRights

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Nine foreign nationals have been arrested in South Africa over an alleged attempt to travel to Russia and join the war in Ukraine.

Unlike earlier cases involving South Africans recruited to fight for Russia, this operation raises a different question: who was behind the latest attempt?

Our report examines the arrests and the wider recruitment networks targeting Africans.

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The DA won the most votes in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. But winning the election is not the same as securing the mayor's office.

Herman Mashaba, ActionSA and smaller parties hold the balance of power as South Africa's coalition talks begin.

Who gets the cities?

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#SouthAfrica #CoalitionTalks

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Tundu Lissu spent 577 days in detention facing treason charges that carried the death penalty.

He was acquitted of treason but sentenced to four years for incitement, an offence absent from the original charge sheet.

Can that conviction withstand an appeal?

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#TunduLissu #Tanzania

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34 people are dead after a migrant boat disaster off Senegal's northern coast.

But the number of people who boarded remains unknown. Questions also remain over reports that several passengers escaped through nearby trees.

The Kébémer shipwreck raises troubling questions about Senegal's migration crisis.

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#Senegal #Migration #Kébémer

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He was shot while broadcasting live on Facebook. His final words were: “Help. I got shot and they keep shooting… I am dying.”

Nearly two years after Mozambican blogger Mano Shottas was killed, an investigation points towards police involvement. Yet no official inquiry has been announced.

What happened in Ressano Garcia?

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#Mozambique #PressFreedom #Journalism

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Four institutions. Four explanations. One blackout.

As Nigerians struggle with worsening electricity supply, NISO, TCN, Ikeja Electric and the Ministry of Power offer competing accounts of what is going wrong.

But the figures raise more questions than answers.

Who is telling Nigerians the full story?

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#Nigeria #Electricity #PowerSector

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Nearly 19 months after a vehicle crashed into a building in Kampala and its driver fled, police still haven't found him.

His employer, Annet Phiona Nakafu, has been fined Shs500,000 for failing to keep driver records.

A missing name. A missing licence number. A missing driver.

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#Uganda #RoadSafety #Kampala

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After 576 days in custody, Tanzania's High Court has found that prosecutors failed to prove Tundu Lissu intended to intimidate the government in his treason trial.

The ruling strikes at a central element of the prosecution's case against the Chadema leader.

What happens next?

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#Tanzania #TunduLissu #Chadema

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Atiku Abubakar campaigned in Sokoto on Wednesday. By Thursday, a court had nullified the primary that produced him as the ADC's presidential candidate.

The Federal High Court also removed David Mark's leadership and invalidated the party's other nominations.

The ADC says it will appeal. But with the 2027 election approaching, time is becoming a critical factor.

How did the party get here?

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#ADC #Atiku #NigeriaPolitics #2027Elections

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169 patients in 48 hours. High fever, acute diarrhoea and persistent vomiting. Yet health officials in Kébémer, Senegal, still cannot identify the illness.

Samples have been sent to Dakar as investigations continue.

What is making people sick?

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Robert Mugabe’s youngest son, Chatunga Mugabe, has been arrested alongside four others over the alleged assault of a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission investigator in Harare.

But questions remain over two luxury vehicles at the centre of the case, with conflicting accounts of their import records.

What happened?

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#Zimbabwe #ChatungaMugabe