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Laura DI BIASIO

Morocco to be 2025 AFCON host as 2027 goes to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

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In tonight's edition: Morocco is picked to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025. The 2027 tournament is jointly awarded to East African neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Also, the French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris after weeks of tension following a coup two months ago that demanded his expulsion. Plus we head to Madagascar to follow its tradition of the "turning of the bones", where Malagasy families exhume their loved ones to celebrate and bless them.

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