Guinea-Conakry: Transition President rejects appointment of ECOWAS mediator
The latest summit of ECOWAS Heads of state and government held last weekend in Accra on the Guinean and Malian crises appointed a special envoy […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Sankara trial: General Diendéré pleads not guilty
General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the main defendants in the trial of the alleged killers of former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, pleaded […]
Mali: Political reactions after ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Mali leaders
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is getting tough on Mali. The heads of State of the sub-regional organization decided on Sunday, November […]
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. […]
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 […]