African Union members need to transfer meaningful powers to AU organs — experts
“Over the last three years 2021, 2022 and 2023, 93% of decisions have not been implemented,” the African Union Commission chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, lamented […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Senegalese Leaders Propose June Elections Following Court Rejection of President’s 10-Month Delay
Senegal’s government announced a new date, March 24, for the delayed presidential election after President Macky Sall’s earlier decision to postpone it by 10 months […]
Sahel States Led by Juntas Unite to Establish Joint Force Against Insurgents
The armed forces chief of Niger, Moussa Salaou Barmou, announced on Wednesday that Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, led by juntas, have agreed to establish […]
Burkina Faso: Approximately 170 individuals were executed in attacks, official reports
Approximately 170 individuals were reportedly “executed” in assaults on three villages in northern Burkina Faso last week, as disclosed by a regional prosecutor amid escalating […]
Chad: Mahmat Deby officially announces his candidacy for the presidency
Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby declared his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election amid heightened tensions following the killing of opposition figure Yaya Dillo […]
Landlocked Sahel countries see in Morocco a way out to the Atlantic
Landlocked countries of the Sahel see opportunities in Morocco’s initiative to offer them an access to global trade through the Atlantic. The initiative was announced […]
ECOWAS to lift some sanctions on Niger, Mali and Guinea
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced that it was lifting some sanctions it had imposed between 2020-2023 on Guinea and Mali. This […]
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in prison
Exiled former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has been ordered an eight-year prison term by a Tunisian court after being found guilty of seeking to “provoke […]
Morocco Stresses before ICJ Commitment of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, to Supporting Palestinian Cause
Morocco highlighted the commitment of King Mohammed VI, Chairperson of the Al-Quds Committee, in support of the Palestinian cause during the hearings at the International […]
French military presence in Ivory Coast ‘begs’ for “remodeling” — Macron’s Africa envoy
French military presence in Côte d’Ivoire should be “remodeled” or “reshaped”, Jean-Marie Bockel, French President Emmanuel Macron’s envoy for Africa, said on Wednesday (21 February) […]