With Elections Ahead, Some African Presidents Try Engineering Results

Presidential elections are scheduled soon in at least 10 African countries. Many incumbents are changing constitutions and bending rules to ensure they stay in power.
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Migrant Boy Dies After Confinement on Italian Quarantine Ship

The 15-year-old from Ivory Coast died in a hospital after being evacuated from one of the cruise ships where Italian authorities are keeping migrants as part of efforts to limit the spread of Covid-19.
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Ivory Coast Prime Minister Dies After Cabinet Meeting

Amadou Gon Coulibaly had just returned to the West African country from France, where he had been receiving treatment for a heart condition.
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Terrorism Threat in West Africa Soars as U.S. Weighs Troop Cuts

The Pentagon and the State Department are sending mixed messages about reducing America's presence in a region bloodied by terrorist violence.
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West African Countries Take a Step Away From Colonial-Era Currency

A bloc of eight countries will rename their French-backed currency and France will scrap a contentious requirement for reserve deposits.
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‘A New Message’: Russia Trains Its Propaganda Machine on Africa

Many of the players who drove Moscow's campaign for influence in the West are now backing Putin's African charm offensive.
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Has Western L.G.B.T.Q. Activism Actually Hurt the Cause in Africa?

Robbie Corey-Boulet's "Love Falls on Us" points out the negative consequences of American humanitarian efforts abroad.
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