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Burkina Faso releases 11 Nigerian troops after ‘unauthorised’ plane landing
Military personnel told they can return to Nigeria after actions described as ‘unfriendly act’
Authorities in Burkina Faso have released 11 Nigerian military personnel held after a cargo plane from Lagos made an “unauthorised” emergency landing in its second largest city,
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DRC fighting forces 200,000 to flee just days after Washington peace deal
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels clash with Congolese army and other groups as they march on strategic eastern town
About 200,000 people have fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic eastern town just days after Donald Trump
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US puts sanctions on network said to funnel Colombian mercenaries to Sudan
US treasury accuses Colombian nationals and companies of aiding the RSF, which has committed horrific war crimes
The United States has sanctioned four people and four companies accused of enlisting
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Nigerian troops held in Burkina Faso after ‘unfriendly’ emergency landing
Unauthorised touchdown comes less than 24 hours after Nigerian forces intervened in attempted coup in Benin
Eleven Nigerian military personnel are being held in Burkina Faso after a Nigerian plane reportedly entered Burkinabé airspace without authorisation on Monday, the latest twist in a region enmeshed in multiple political and security crises.
In a statement on Monday evening,
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False claims Afrikaners are persecuted threaten South Africa’s sovereignty, says president
Cyril Ramaphosa says theories, promoted by Donald Trump, ‘conveniently align with wider notions of white supremacy’
White supremacist ideology and false claims that South Africa’s Afrikaner minority is being racially persecuted pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty and national security, the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned.
Since taking office for his second
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Venezuela decries ‘act of piracy’ after US forces seize oil tanker off country’s coast
Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign against the South
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Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner greets crowds in Oslo after nearly a year in hiding
María Corina Machado climbs over barriers to meet chanting supporters gathered outside the Grand Hotel in early hours of Thursday
Venezuela’s best-known opposition leader, the Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado, has made a dramatic appearance in Norway after slipping out of her authoritarian homeland by boat.
The Venezuelan politician and pro-democracy activist stepped
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Former Bolivian president Luis Arce reportedly detained by police
Ally claims former Mas president ‘illegally kidnapped’ and suggests arrest linked to fund for Indigenous Bolivians
Bolivia’s former president Luis Arce was reportedly detained and taken to police headquarters on Wednesday.
His former presidency minister, María Nela Prada Tejada, posted a video on social media
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Venezuelan Nobel peace prize winner misses ceremony but vows to continue struggle
Daughter delivers speech, with Nobel Institute saying María Corina Machado still expected in Oslo after journey of ‘extreme danger’
Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and
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Trump speech on affordability ramps up bigotry and false statements – as it happened
In Pennsylvania, US president attacks Ilhan Omar and Jasmine Crockett and makes multiple false claims, including that ‘prices are way down’. This blog is now closed.
A federal judge in New York has grantedthe justice department’s request to unseal grand jury documents in
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