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General named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup

An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau's new head of state a day after an apparent coup. Gen…

UN pleads for safe passage for civilians trapped in war-hit Sudan city

The UN has called for safe passage for trapped civilians out of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher after paramilitary fighters…

Akon’s futuristic $6bn city project in Senegal abandoned, BBC told

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will…