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Few things were beyond the reach of billionaire Egyptian tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed who has died at the age of 94.

Gabon’s new strongman General Brice Oligui Nguema on Friday vowed the country’s institutions would be more democratic, two days after heading a coup that ended… Read More »Gabon’s strongman Nguema vows more democracy after ending Bongo rule

Typhoon Saola made landfall in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong early on Saturday as violent winds lashed nearby Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau, leaving at… Read More »Typhoon Saola makes landfall in China’s Guangdong after slamming Hong Kong

Russia said its forces destroyed Ukrainian naval drones that were attempting to target the Crimea bridge early on Saturday. Kyiv has repeatedly targeted the strategic… Read More »🔴 Live: Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea bridge

Gabon’s main opposition accuses the military of showing no sign they plan to hand power back to civilian rule.

Morocco’s Asmâa Hamzaoui learned to play the main instrument in Gnawa music from her father.

France’s post-colonial days are long gone and yet its influence in Francophone Africa is in tatters.

Lawyers for Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, on Friday said they filed a lawsuit in Paris over her “arbitrary detention” and… Read More »French lawyers file complaint against ‘arbitrary’ detention of Bongo’s wife in Gabon

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he spoke on a daily basis with Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been removed from power in a… Read More »Macron says he speaks ‘every day’ to Niger’s Bazoum, faces junta backlash

French investigating magistrates have dropped their case against three gendarmes over the 2016 death of a young black man in custody that sparked violent protests,… Read More »French security officers cleared over black man’s death in custody