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An image captured by the International Space Station has revealed a large "white spot" in the middle of the Sahel in northern Chad. The glow, some 12 kilometres in diameter, is not snow or salt, but an optical phenomenon caused by...

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The Senegalese government has introduced a visa application fee to be paid in advance online by travellers from outside the African continent. The measure was confirmed by the prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, who defended the...

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Somalia, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Niger top the list of the world's poorest countries. Paradoxically, they possess abundant natural resources that fail to translate into well-being for their populations. Political instability and the absence of institutions...

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