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 […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
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 […]
Genocide: Kigali opens a formal investigation on French officials
Rwandan prosecutor general on Wednesday said the government has launched an inquiry into the possible role of at least 20 French military and civil officials […]
AU, US condemn Burundi president’s spokesperson assassination attempt
The United States and African Union on Wednesday condemned the failed assassination attempt on President Nkurunziza’s spokesperson. Mr Nyamitwe escaped the assassination attempt of Monday […]