This week in Africa, escalating diplomatic tensions in north Africa have Algeria severing diplomatic relations with neighbouring Morocco. In southern Africa, Zambia has seen its third peaceful transfer of power since 1990, as veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema takes the reigns, promising to lift people out of poverty. Fifty-one evacuees fleeing the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan land in Uganda for a temporary stay following a request from the United States. Former dictator of Chad Hissène Habré dies of Covid-19 in Senegal, where he was imprisoned for crimes against humanity. Lastly, we head for the Hlanzoun riparian swamp forest in southern Benin, whose unique biodiversity is under threat from poaching, agriculture and ever-increasing human exploitation.

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