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Mali ban protests over French involvement in the Sahel

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Authorities in Mali ban protests against the continued involvement of French military in the Sahel.

Joe Biden has been sworn into office as the 46th president of the United States together with Kamala Harris who made history by becoming the first female Vice President as well as first Vice President of Black American and South Asian descent.

And we take a look at how events that happened some 71 years ago at a mine in the city of Enugu, Nigeria might be influencing modern day policing in the country.

(Picture: French soldiers from Barkhane military operation launch an operation against terrorism in the Ansongo, Mali in 2013. Credit: Photo by Fred Marie/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Wed 20 Jan 202119:06GMT

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  • Wed 20 Jan 202119:06GMT

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