At least 25 children die in school fire in Niger
At least 25 children were killed Monday when their thatched classrooms caught fire at an elementary school in southern Niger, according to a cabinet statement. […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Former top Malian official arrested, accused of attempted coup
The Malian judiciary has arrested a former senior state security official and former coup leader, Colonel Major Kassoum Goïta, as well as several other men […]
Guinean junta accuses political parties of seeking to disrupt public order
The military in power in Guinea since September 5 accused parties and activists on Thursday of actions aimed at “disturbing public order and social peace” […]
Rebels and security forces killed in Eastern DRC
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, six rebels, two police officers and one Congolese soldier were killed during an incursion by armed men on Tuesday […]
Central African Republic: Opposition coalition COD 2020 withdraw from the preparatory committee for the Republican Dialogue
The coalition of the democratic opposition in the Central African Republic (COD 2020) announced this week its withdrawal from the preparatory Committee for the Republican […]
Loss of Congolese journalist Tshitenge Lubabu
A great African writer has gone. We learned the death, at 66 years, of the Congolese journalist Tshitenge Lubabu. He began his career on Télé […]
COP26: African leaders call for international solidarity
The climate summit in Glasgow kicked on Monday 1 November. Many heads of State have already taken the floor, including several African leaders. At the […]
France gives military equipment to Niger for anti-jihadist fight
Niger received on Wednesday heavy machine guns and all-terrain vehicles, offered by France to help this Sahelian country regularly targeted by jihadist attacks to fight […]
Mali: A vice President of Transitional Parliament charged with “disturbing public order
Issa Kaou N’Djim, 4th vice president of the National Transitional Council (CNT, the transitional parliament), was arrested on Tuesday 26 October at the request of […]
Didier Drogba launches a campaign against road insecurity in Africa
Former Ivorian soccer star Didier Drogba, sponsored a campaign on Wednesday in Abidjan on road safety in Africa where more than 250,000 people are killed […]