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Groups raid eastern Burkina Faso city

ABIDJAN: Scores of suspected groups raided a city in eastern Burkina Faso earlier this week, freeing prisoners, driving residents to cower indoors and causing major damage, local sources said on Thursday. It was not...

A crowd watches as smoke billows from stalls at the Adjame market in Abidjan.

Tunisia's leader targeting unions to distract from failures: UGTT

Tunisia's President Kais Saied

Egyptians hope to bag bargains at book fair as crisis bites

A boy carries a load of books at the 54th Cairo International Book Fair in Cairo. - AFP

Pilgrims walk 9 days to see Pope in South Sudan

About 60 young pilgrims and spiritual leaders reach Bori village on the outskirts of Juba after walking most of the way from Rumbek, for peace ahead of Pope Francis' visit to South Sudan. -- AFP

Huge crowds welcome Pope Francis in Congo

Pope Francis boards the papal plane ahead of his apostolic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday. - Reuters

Tunisian activists decry intimidation as vote looms

President of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (Ftdes) Abderrahmane Hedhil, Secretary General, Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboub, President, Tunisian Bar Association Hatem Meziou, and President of the Tunisian Human Rights League Bassem Trifi attend a press conference to present the national rescue initiative in Tunis. - AFP

South Sudan's displaced hope pope's visit will bring peace

Lam Jock in South Sudan compound outside Juba, South Sudan. - Reuters

Tunisia president's former top aide jailed in absentia

Nadia Akacha, senior advisor to the Tunisian President in charge of Legal Affairs. -- AFP File

Al Shabaab launches attack on Somali military base

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attends a rally against the Al Shabaab group in Mogadishu. - AFP

Gas will be needed for a long time: Ministers

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Benin opposition rejects results of parliament vote

The election was marred by deadly clashes in an opposition stronghold, historic low turnout and an internet blackout. -- Reuters

French and German ministers in Ethiopia to back peace process

German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and French Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna (R) pose for a photograph at the Prime Minister office in Addis Ababa. -- AFP

Uganda declares end to deadly Ebola outbreak

The latest outbreak killed 55 of the 143 people infected since September, according to health ministry figures. -- AFP

Algerian poet says won’t run for president

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40 killed, 85 injured in Senegal bus disaster

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Benin holds election set to test democracy

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