Ivory Coast asks French troops to leave, latest African country to do so

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https://gdb.voanews.com/523afa98-52e0-4450-a0b8-031e672ea3ee_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_h450.jpgABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Ivory Coast announced on Tues­day that French troops will leave the coun­try after a decades­long mil­i­tary pres­ence. It is the lat­est African nation to down­scale mil­i­tary ties with its for­mer colo­nial pow­er. Ivo­rian Pres­i­dent Alas­sane Ouat­tara said the pull­out would begin in Jan­u­ary. France has had as many as 600 troops in Ivory Coast.…

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The woman bringing hope through education in rural Nigeria — BBC Africa

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Nige­ria has one of the world’s low­est school atten­dance rates, accord­ing to Unicef – one out of every five chil­dren out of school around the world is here. One woman is on a mis­sion to reverse that trend by start­ing a free edu­ca­tion ini­tia­tive. Noro and Edward, who both dropped out of school after losing…

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How Sudanese Christians celebrate Christmas in exile — Focus On Africa Podcast

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Thou­sands of Sudanese Chris­tians face Christ­mas away from home as the Sudan war con­tin­ues. We hear from one woman who was born into a Mus­lim fam­i­ly but con­vert­ed to Chris­tian­i­ty, on how her com­mu­ni­ty tries to help those flee­ing the war, and how she main­tains Christ­mas tra­di­tions despite liv­ing in exile in Egypt. We meet one…

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Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviser

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https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8c9c22b613e3c442f28dcecfcd4bcf373f93dc81/0_212_3337_2002/master/3337.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=79e08901c693cd89a0c1df62c7a27797John Bolton deliv­ers scathing cri­tique of Trump’s lack of knowl­edge or coher­ent strat­e­gy: ‘I’m very wor­ried’ A major inter­na­tion­al cri­sis is “much more like­ly” in Don­ald Trump’s sec­ond term giv­en the president-elect’s “inabil­i­ty to focus” on for­eign pol­i­cy, a for­mer US ambas­sador to the Unit­ed Nations (UN) has warned. John Bolton, who at 17 months…

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