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Electoral officials count ballots in front of party agents and observers at a polling station in Yola, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Voters in Africa's most populous nation are heading to the polls Saturday to choose a new president, following the second and final term of incumbent Muhammadu Buhari. Photo AP
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Nigerian voters still lining up after election delays

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Frustrated Nigerians cast their ballots into the evening Saturday, hours after the official deadline for joining the

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Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party's Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, chants during an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election have made their last push for support as the campaign period nears its end. The ruling party’s Bola Tinubu, the main opposition’s Atiku Abubakar and third-party candidate Peter Obi appealed for votes from the 93 million people registered to vote in the Feb. 25, 2023 election. Photo AP
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Nigeria’s presidential frontrunners in final push for votes

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ABUJA, Nigeria — The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election have made their last push for support, a week before

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Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki, left, is welcomed by Kenya's President William Ruto, right, as they arrive to speak to the media at State House in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Eritrea's president in rare public comments has dismissed as "a fantasy" allegations that his country's forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia's Tigray region. AP Photo
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Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuse

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried

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In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and his South Africa's counterpart Naledi Pandor, speak, during their meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. AP photo
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Lavrov blames West for no Ukraine talks, defends navy drills

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PRETORIA, South Africa— Russia was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war, but the United

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Malians demonstrate against France and in support of Russia on the 60th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Mali in 1960, in Bamako, Mali, Sept. 22, 2020. The banner in French reads: "Putin, the road to the future". Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists. Diplomats, analysts and human rights groups say extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have only gotten stronger and there's concern the Russian presence will further destabilize the already-troubled region. AP photo file
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Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

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DAKAR, Senegal — Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family one morning last month when groups of

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