EU Inks Deal with Mali over Illegal Migrants
The European Union signed an agreement with the aimed at enabling the return of migrants whose asylum requests have been rejected. A statement from the […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Cameroon Must Probe Deaths of pro-Anglophone Protesters – Amnesty
Rights watchdog, Amnesty International, on Sunday urged authorities in Cameroon to investigate the use of excessive and unnecessary force that led to the death of […]
Algeria: Global Outcry at Summary Deportation of Sub-Saharan Migrants
Algerian authorities’ recent move to round up and deport hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants has produced a global outcry, all the more so as the measure […]
Egypt: President Morsi’s Son Arrested for Allegedly Inciting Violence in 2013
Osama Mohammed Morsi, son of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, has been arrested and is currently in detention. An official under the condition of anonymity […]
Gambia: Jammeh’s historical rival freed on bail
Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has been released on bail along with 18 other detainees few days after President Jammeh conceded […]
Mozambique seizes illegal timber logs worth $800,000
Mozambique authorities have confiscated 1,300 containers of illegal logs estimated at $800,000 in the northern port of Nacala. Their eventual destination was believed to be […]
Five West African countries ban ‘dirty fuels’ imports
Five West African costal nations, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast have introduced strict standards for fuel imports to cut vehicle emissions for cleaner […]
Donald Trump names Nigerian to strategic policy board
U.S president-elect Donald Trump named a Nigerian-born, Adebayo Ogunlesi, to serve as a strategist on his economic policy team. The 16-member group will be led […]
Wole Soyinka throws away green card, quits US
Nigerian Nobel-literature laureate Wole Soyinka has confirmed that he has relocated to his native Nigeria. Soyinka vowed a month ago while giving a speech to […]
Gambia election: Long vote count begins
Officials in Gambia began the process of counting marbles that voters had cast for one of three presidential candidates. Voters on Thursday queued at polling […]