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Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso face the task of untangling themselves from West Africa’s main regional bloc, Ecowas, after officially cutting ties this week. The six-month window to reverse their withdrawal expired on Tuesday. With no sign of a return, both sides must work out what the split means for…

Indigenous communities in northern Kenya are being pushed off their land to make way for wildlife reserves, human rights groups say. They accuse conservation groups of using tourism and carbon offset schemes to justify evictions and violence.

France has welcomed Canada’s announcement that it will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September – and says it will continue working to persuade other countries to do the same.

France has confirmed it is monitoring a US plan to incinerate millions of dollars worth of unused contraceptives in Europe – a move aid groups say is ideologically driven and medically wasteful.

Kim Le Court Pienaar held off the challenge of the 2023 champion Demi Vollering on Wednesday to claim the fifth stage of the 2025 women's Tour de France and retake overall lead of the race. The victory also furnished the 29-year-old Mauritian with the accolade of first African to win…

Veteran Ivorian leader Alassane Ouattara has confirmed he will seek a fourth term as president, amid rising tensions over the exclusion of key opposition candidates ahead of the 25 October election.

French swimming sensation Léon Marchand set a world record on Wednesday as he powered into the final of the men's 200m individual medley at the world swimming championships in Singapore.

France is failing to protect thousands of children from criminal exploitation, treating them as delinquents rather than victims, the French branch of the UN children’s agency (Unicef) said in a report published Wednesday.

Bosses at world football's governing body Fifa on Wednesday refused to confirm reports that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place in Las Vegas, the same city that hosted the event for the 1994 World Cup in the United States.