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President Mohamed Bazoum, arrested by soldiers who announced coup, is described as ‘west’s only hope’ in stabilising jihadist-plagued Sahel region

Ukraine war and grain deal exit loom over forum that could be ‘make or break for Putin’ in courting Africa

Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treason

Fork-tailed drongos use unique egg 'signatures' to identify and reject nearly identical African cuckoo eggs.

Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa

Showers and thunderstorms expected to organize, while tropical waves from Africa are monitored

Global fertiliser suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world’s top nine producers trebled in 2022 from two years previously.

Two critical issues must be top of mind for African leaders when they meet President Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned Russia's recent strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the wake of Moscow's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. "Russia's objective is to provoke the increase of [a] global food crisis, export its own grain without any…