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Zimbabwean group of grandmothers counter election intimidation


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Part of a group of digital activists is 64-year-old Elizabeth Mutandwa, the elderly women on a smartphone in Zimbabwe’s rural Domboshava area about 40 kilometres from the capital, Harare, are actively campaigning. They're pushing…

Malian ex-rebel groups merge to counter militants groups


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The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), one of the main armed groups operating in northern Mali, has reaffirmed its commitment to a merger of the armed groups of ex-rebels who signed a peace agreement with Bamako in 2015.…

US begins counter-terrorism training in Africa


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The United States' yearly counter-terrorism training program for African forces has began in Ivory Coast at a time of upheaval in which militant fighters control large areas, coups are on the rise and French forces are winding down. The…