Lifting of patents for Covid-19 vaccines
After intense negotiations between its 164 members, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement that includes a five-year waiver of patents on vaccines against […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Senegal: At least two dead in pre-election tensions
Unrest has been reported in other parts of the capital, as well as in Ziguinchor, in Casamance. Clashes between youths and police killed two people […]
Barkhane now focuses on protecting the Mali-Niger borders
Several strikes against a column of motorbikes have neutralized on June 14 “nearly forty terrorists” near the border between Niger and Burkina Faso, announced Thursday […]
New attack repelled in northwest Togo
The Togolese army repelled a new attack in the far northwest of Togo on the border with Burkina Faso on Wednesday night, a senior military […]
Libreville to host African Climate Week in late August
Gabon will host from 29 August to 1 September the African Climate Week, a conference organized on each continent by the UN to prepare for […]
Mali begins to withdraw its soldiers from the G5 Sahel
Bamako announced on 15 May that it was withdrawing from the G5 Sahel after noting that the rotating presidency of the organization, to which it […]
Togo: The Government declares a state of security emergency in the Savannah region
This region in the far north of the country, bordering Burkina Faso, has been the scene of two attacks in recent months. The decree, adopted […]
Mali: Towards the renewal of the Minusma mandate
The mandate of Minusma, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, expires at the end of the month (June 30). The question of its renewal was […]
Rwanda accuses UN of “taking sides” with DRC
Kigali said Monday that the U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) is “taking sides” with Kinshasa, as tensions grow between the two […]
Attack kills at least 50 in Burkina Faso
At least 50 civilians have died in an attack by suspected jihadists on the village of Seytenga in northern Burkina Faso, one of the highest […]