@sofiacsn

Freelance journalist in Berlin. Previously with @ReutersAfrica in Senegal and @AFP in Johannesburg. Views my own, RTs not endorsements.

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Manon Laplace@Manon_Laplace12 Sep 2023
Le correspondant de @jeune_afrique en #RDC a été placé sous mandat d’arrêt provisoire ce 11 septembre. Jeune Afrique continue de réclamer sa libération immédiate et dénonce une atteinte grave à la liberté de la presse #FreeStanis #RDC
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David Lewis@DG_Lewis30 Aug 2023
#Gabon's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning. reuters.com/world/africa/gab…

Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained

Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday, placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and naming a new leader after the Central African state's election...

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Reuters Africa
@ReutersAfrica9 Aug 2023
Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup reut.rs/3YA0aB5
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Nellie Peyton@nelliepeyton1 Aug 2023
France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says reuters.com/world/france-sta…

France evacuates citizens from Niger after neighbours warn of war

France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted...

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Ngouda Dione@NgoudaDione131 Jul 2023
Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist reuters.com/world/africa/sen…

Senegal dissolves opposition party as protests persist

Senegal's interior minister on Monday said it had dissolved the party of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for rallying supporters into stoking violence during protests last month, prompting more calls...

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Edward McAllister@edjmcallister31 Jul 2023
He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani reuters.com/world/africa/nig…

The Niger general who ousted a president he was meant to protect

In 2011, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed a prized military appointment: the head of an elite unit set up to protect the president. Last week, he used his position and manpower to do the opposite.

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MacDonald Dzirutwe
@MDzirutwe30 Jul 2023
ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on member states before, Burkina Faso and Guinea come to mind after coups in the past 3 years. Financial sanctions led to defaults on debt - in Mali in particular - but such measures tended to hurt civilians more than the military junta, analysts say
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@ReutersAfrica30 Jul 2023
West Africa threatens force on Niger coup leaders, French embassy attacked reut.rs/451TfCG
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Bate Felix@BateFelix29 Jul 2023
#Senegal opposition leader Ousmane #Sonko charged with plotting insurrection reuters.com/world/africa/sen…

Senegal opposition leader Sonko charged with plotting insurrection

Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was charged on Saturday with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy and other offenses, two months after his trial for a separate rape charge sparked...

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Bate Felix@BateFelix28 Jul 2023
Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? reuters.com/world/africa/whi…

Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger?

Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's semi-arid Sahel region, is host to a number of foreign troops. Those numbers have increased over the past two...

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A coup in #Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring #Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. reuters.com/world/africa/nig…

Niger coup could complicate UN peacekeepers withdrawal from Mali

A coup in Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

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Bate Felix@BateFelix24 Jul 2023
US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group reuters.com/world/us-sanctio…

US sanctions Malian officials over alleged ties to Wagner Group

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Malian officials, including the minister of defense, over accusations they facilitated the deployment and expansion of the Russian Wagner...

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Ngouda Dione@NgoudaDione124 Jul 2023
At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar Au moins 15 migrants se noient au large de la côte dans la capitale sénégalaise, Dakar. reuters.com/world/africa/lea… W/ @honore123 – at Senegal
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Bate Felix@BateFelix19 Jul 2023
Villagers carry their buckets of water as they walk from the rare drinking water point in Ourou Amady Bagga, Podor region, #Senegal July 8, 2023.REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra 📸 @bzohra
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Reuters Africa
@ReutersAfrica19 Jul 2023
WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon reut.rs/3Olt5p2
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Edward McAllister@edjmcallister14 Jul 2023
Families of Gambian children who died after taking toxic cough meds made in India have clubbed together for justice. Court docs seen by @Reuters show what they endured reuters.com/world/africa/med…

Insight: The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice

Families of 20 Gambian children who died after consuming cough syrups made in India will take their government to court this month for allegedly mishandling drug imports – a rare step in one of...

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David Lewis@DG_Lewis11 Jul 2023
Bongo, 64, has been president of the oil-producing nation for two 7-year terms since succeeding his father Omar, who died in 2009 after ruling since 1967. #Gabon set for a few more years of the Bongo family in charge. reuters.com/world/africa/gab…

Gabon President Bongo to run for re-election in August

Gabon President Ali Bongo will run for re-election in August, he said on Sunday, in a bid to extend his family's 56-year grip on power in the Central African country.

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Manon Laplace@Manon_Laplace7 Jul 2023
#Senegal : sur @FRANCE24, l'opposant Ousmane Sonko estime être encore "totalement éligible" #Kebetu xitter.cf/SonkoOfficiel/status/1…
Ousmane Sonko
@SonkoOfficiel6 Jul 2023
Chers compatriotes, Je vous invite à suivre l’entretien exclusif accordé à #France24. #senegal🇸🇳
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KOUAM JOEL HONORE@honore1234 Jul 2023
Yesterday night, me and @NgoudaDione1 snapped those reactions in #Dakar for @Reuters after Macky Sall address to the nation.
Le journal Afrique TV5MONDE
@JTAtv5monde4 Jul 2023
🇸🇳 Au lendemain de l'annonce par le président Macky Sall qu'il ne briguera pas un troisième mandat à la tête du pays, comment réagissent les Sénégalais ?

Paroles de Sénégalais après l'annonce de Macky Sall

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Reuters Africa
@ReutersAfrica4 Jul 2023
Analysis: Caught between riots and debt crises, African countries cut fuel subsidies reut.rs/3r9MYWV
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Reuters Africa
@ReutersAfrica30 Jun 2023
Burkina Faso suspends French news channel over insurgency report reut.rs/44rAclc
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