Mauritania: Jailed ex-senator Ould Ghadda rejects bail, calls for fair trial
Jailed Mauritanian former senator and senior opposition figure Mohamed Ould Ghadda said he will not accept any idea of temporary release. Mohamed Ould Ghadda who […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Nigeria: Buhari sacks top officials over missing funds
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dismissed two top civil servants over graft allegations in Africa’s most populous nation. President Buhari had ordered the sacking […]
Niger reacts officially to Algeria’s massive deportation of sub-Saharans
The Nigerien government last weekend reacted to the massive deportation of its nationals by Algeria, in violation of the agreements between the two countries and […]
ECOWAS member states seek to harmonize national labor policies
Government representatives and social partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), gathered in Guinea’s capital Conakry last week, agreed on the harmonization […]
Ghana football icon Asamoah Gyan to operate Baby Jet Airlines
Ghana Black Stars’s Captain, Asamoah Gyan has obtained a license to operate an airline called Baby Jet airlines in the country, local media reports. Ghana […]
Egypt: Chinese energy giant BYD inks a deal to build 128-km Monorail
Chinese giant BYD Co has signed an agreement with the authorities of Egypt’s largest port city of Alexandria to build Africa’s first straddle-beam monorail (SBM), […]
Morocco: King applies accountability principle, fires ministers, senior officials
King Mohammed VI who has repeatedly insisted on the constitutional principle linking public office with accountability on Tuesday dismissed four ministers of the current cabinet […]
No single currency in West Africa before 2020
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in a joint-statement on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate the creation of a shared […]
Togo cancels OIF summit amid unrest
The Togolese government on Monday requested the cancelation of the summit of l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie scheduled for next month in the West African […]
Algeria’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy Shows Regime’s Frailty
The persistence of the hatred of the Algerian rulers for neighboring Morocco remains an intriguing puzzle for many international political analysts. Nobody knows for sure […]