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The Burkina Faso national flag with a man standing in front of it is seen during a memorial ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 23 January 2016. Photo: Theo Renaut/AP via UNB

Mali, Burkina Faso ban US citizens in response to Trump travel curbs

The decisions were announced in separate statements by the foreign ministries of the two West African nations

Doumbouya's victory gives him a seven-year mandate. Photo: DW

Guinea junta leader declared winner of presidential election

A pedestrian walks along a street on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland, May 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Israel's recognition of Somaliland draws international condemnation

People read newspapers reporting on US airstrikes against IS militants in Nigeria, according to US President Donald Trump and the US military, in Lagos, Nigeria, 26 December 2025. Photo: Reuters

Nigeria averts unilateral US action by cooperating on airstrike

The Nigerian military was involved at some level, and according to Nigeria's Information Minister Mohammed Idris, the attack was carried out with the "full involvement of the Armed Forces of Nigeria". Photo: BSS/AFP

What we know about the US air strikes in Nigeria

Women queue to have their biometrics recorded during the voter registration for the forthcoming local government elections, breaking away from the long-standing practice of leaders being chosen by clan elders, in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia April 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Somalia's capital votes in first step toward restoring universal suffrage

People injured in an explosion during evening prayers at a mosque receive treatment at Borno State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, December 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi

Blast hits mosque during evening prayers in Nigeria’s Maiduguri: Witness

US President Donald Trump, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi and President of Rwanda Paul Kagame hold a signed document during a signing ceremony at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump's recall of ambassadors compounds staffing problems at posts in Africa

An artisanal miner carries raw ore at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016. Picture taken June 11, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown

Newspapers with articles reporting US President Donald Trump's message to Nigeria over the treatment of Christians hang at a newspaper stand in Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun/File Photo

US conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump intervention threat

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Nine killed, 10 injured in South Africa shooting, police hunt for suspects

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State on 16 November 2025. Photo: Collected

Over 1,600 killed in attacks on Sudan’s health facilities this year: WHO

ECOWAS heads of state and representatives pose for a group photograph during the 68th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja, Nigeria, December 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye

West African bloc rejects Guinea-Bissau's military transition plan