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New Military Leader Of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, delivers a speech in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 27, 2022, in this screengrab taken from video. Photo: Reuters

Africa

West African bloc suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

ECOWAS sanctions on the juntas in Mali and Guinea have done little to sway their behaviour, however, nor did they deter the latest coup

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Africa

Nearly 80 dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

French soldiers pass a donkey-driven cart outside the destroyed main market in Gao, March 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

Africa

Denmark pulls Mali troops out as junta takes swipe at France

People show their support for the military after they deposed President Kabore outside state Television RTB headquarter in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 24, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Africa

West African leaders to hold summit after latest coups

People show their support for the military after they deposed President Kabore in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 24, 2022. REUTERS

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Burkina Faso crowd celebrates West Africa's latest coup

Covid restrictions meant not all of those who wanted to attend were able to get in to the stadium. Photo :Reuters

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Cameroon stadium stampede kills at least eight, government says

Nightclub blaze kills at least 16 in Cameroon's capital

Africa

Nightclub blaze kills at least 16 in Cameroon's capital

A satellite image shows Mango islands after Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano eruption, in Tonga, January 20, 2022. Photo :Reuters

Africa

Tongans fear never seeing loved ones again amid communications void

File Photo: A military barrier is placed along a street leading to Burkina Faso's army headquarters in the capital Ougadougou, Burkina Faso March 2, 2018. Reuters/Anne Mimault

Africa

As soldiers mutiny in Burkina Faso, government dismisses talk of coup

Nancy Nyarko, 51, a street vendor, receives medical attention for wounds suffered when a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate, Bogoso, Ghana. January 22, 2022. Photo :Reuters

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Ghana blast leaves survivors with cuts and questions

A view shows debris of houses and other buildings that were destroyed when a vehicle carrying mining explosives detonated along a road in Apiate, Ghana, January 21, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Cooper Inveen

Africa

Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region

A burned tank stands near the town of Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Africa

Ethiopia army planning to 'eliminate' Tigrayan forces -military official

Members of the Khoi, an indigenous group, picket outside the high court during a hearing, as they oppose development of the new Africa headquarters and residential buildings of U.S. retail giant Amazon, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem

Africa

S.African court postpones ruling on objection to Amazon HQ on sacred land