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West African leaders began a key summit to address the latest coup in the region. Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years - which Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo calls 'of grave concern' in his opening statement. SOUNDBITE
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The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert,its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe's Covid-19 vaccines rollout.
France holds emergency talks with African countries on Wednesday evening on how to combat slave trading of migrants in Libya. The meeting, held on the sidelines of the Europe-Africa summit which opened Wednesday, will discuss proposals by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. IMAGES
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