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Guinea junta chief headed for victory in presidential vote
AFP, Published on 29/12/2025
» CONAKRY - Guineans voted in a presidential election Sunday with Mamady Doumbouya, a general who led the junta that seized power four years ago, the clear favourite, and the main opposition leaders barred from standing.
Heavy gunfire in Guinea capital
AFP, Published on 04/11/2023
» CONAKRY, Guinea - Heavy fire erupted on Saturday in the centre of the Guinean capital Conakry and security forces blocked off the area, witnesses told AFP.
No clear front-runners seven months out from Senegal election
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» DAKAR - Senegal has been plunged into uncertainty over who could become the next president, seven months ahead of elections, after the incumbent confirmed he would not run and his chief opponent was indicted.
United aim to rewrite history with FA Cup glory at City's expense
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» LONDON - Twelve years ago, Manchester City triggered a seismic shift in English football by beating treble-chasing Manchester United at Wembley. Now City's own treble bid will come under threat from resurgent United in Saturday's FA Cup final.
Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BAMAKO - "Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished."
COP26 talks stumble on climate cash 'cliffhanger'
AFP, Published on 13/11/2021
» GLASGOW: Nations were trying to rebuild bridges at the COP26 summit on Saturday after talks faltered overnight, when rich emitters refused a request to help developing economies meet mounting financial losses from climate change.
Mali interim leader 'safe' after mosque attack
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» BAMAKO - Mali's interim president Assimi Goita was "safe and sound," his office announced, after an AFP journalist said he had been attacked on Tuesday by two armed men, one of whom wielded a knife, in the great mosque in the capital Bamako.
Stabbing attempt on Mali interim president
AFP, Published on 20/07/2021
» BAMAKO - Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist saw.
EU aims to boost vaccination rollout as variants spread
AFP, Published on 01/02/2021
» BRUSSELS - The European Union put on a brave face Monday, defending its troubled vaccination programme and insisting that renewed pledges of vaccine deliveries would make up for a production shortfall.
Mali ex-president Amadou Toumani Toure dies aged 72
AFP, Published on 10/11/2020
» BAMAKO - Mali's former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday.