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            <title>EU can give Morocco more border support, von der Leyen tells Spain after Ceuta spat</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed on Monday that the EU increase its support to Morocco to help prevent a repeat of the chaotic attempted influx of 50 000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. In a reply seen by Reuters to a message from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday, in which he accused some European Union partners of a lack of solidarity for their angry responses to the border breach, Von der Leyen wrote: “Morocco is an important strategic partner, particularly in our efforts to combat migrant smuggling and illegal migration. "In cooperation with Spain, especially on anything related to Ceuta and Melilla, we could enhance border management early-warning systems and improve our technical and financial support to Morocco."]]></description>
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            <title>Mali says mining-backed fund could unlock up to $800 million for infrastructure projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mali could leverage revenues from recent mining sector reforms to raise up to 500-billion CFA francs ($883.1-million) for energy, water and transport projects, its finance minister said, part of a bid to turn higher mining income into infrastructure financing. The comments offer the first indication of how Mali's military government intends to deploy the windfall from its 2023 mining code overhaul, which raised royalties and increased state stakes in mining projects, sparking disputes with operators including Canada's Barrick. Officials said in December a government audit had recovered 761-billion CFA francs in alleged arrears from mining companies.]]></description>
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            <title>Mali's former prime minister announces release from prison</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mali's former Prime Minister Moussa Mara has been released from prison, he said at the weekend in a video posted on Facebook. Mara was sentenced to two years in October 2025, including one year in prison and a second on probation, over a social-media post criticising the military government's restrictions on democracy. He had been detained last August and charged with undermining the credibility of the state and spreading false information. He had been summoned repeatedly over a social media post in July 2025 that expressed solidarity with government critics who had been jailed. Mara was among few public figures in Mali who criticised Assimi Goita's military government.]]></description>
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            <title>Congo's Ebola outbreak now second largest on record, data shows</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak is now the world's second-largest on record, government data showed on Friday, as transmission continues to outpace efforts to contain the epidemic. The number of cases reported across Congo has risen to 3 532, the Communications Ministry said in a statement, with 1 556 deaths recorded. "It's the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic that we have ever seen," Carl Skau, acting head of the UN World Food Programme, told Reuters this week. "The world needs to pay much more attention." Less than three months since the outbreak began, the disease has killed five times as many people as previous outbreaks had by the same stage, according to Africa's top public health agency, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.]]></description>
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            <title>Russia's Africa Corps kills Mali civilians in 'indiscriminate' attack, rights group says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps killed eight civilians, including three children, in Mali last month, Human Rights Watch said on Friday, during air strikes the campaign group called "unlawfully indiscriminate".   Established by Russia's defence ministry, Africa Corps has largely taken over the mercenary Wagner Group's activities on the continent and is backing operations by Mali's military-led government against armed Islamist groups. ]]></description>
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            <title>IMF completes Egypt reviews, unlocks $1.8bn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it completed two reviews of some facilities for Egypt, giving the country access to about $1.8-billion. Egypt would receive about $1.5-billion under the IMF's 48-month loan programme after completing the seventh review, along with roughly $272-million under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, bringing total disbursements under Egypt's current arrangement with the fund to about $7.3-billion. Egypt agreed to a $3-billion loan with the IMF in December 2022. The programme was expanded to $8-billion in March 2024, when ⁠the ​country was grappling with high inflation and foreign currency shortages. The global lender said Egypt's economy has remained resilient to spillovers from the war in the Middle East.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa says African Union backs broad migration debate</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The African Union has backed a broader discussion on migration, a South African government official said on Thursday, after Ghana made a proposal to place xenophobic violence in South Africa on the agenda of an upcoming AU meeting. Ghana has been a prominent critic of anti-immigrant protests and xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Clayson Monyela, a South African foreign affairs official, said on X that Pretoria had defeated an attempt to "single out & isolate" the country. "The AU will discuss the migration issue broadly & look at the 'Pull & Push' factors," Monyela wrote, referring to conditions that drive people to leave their countries and those that draw them elsewhere. Over the past few months anti-migrant protests have taken place in South Africa.]]></description>
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            <title>US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A US government map of Africa mislabelled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screenshots and posted them online. Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the AIDS 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, which shows the errant map displayed halfway during a presentation about the State Department's new health agreements. A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools. The company said it was investigating the report. The State Department said it took "full responsibility" for the confusion caused and that the map had been produced by a team member who hastily changed the slide deck before the event. ]]></description>
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