Burkina Faso to Build Sahel Region Largest Solar Plant
Burkina Faso is commencing construction work on a 33-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power facility in the northern part of the West African nation, officials said […]
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CAR: Bangui Archbishop Calls for Calm after Deadly Clashes
The archbishop of Bangui, Bishop Dieudonne Nzapalainga, on Tuesday called for calm after renewed sectarian violence last weekend in the Central African Republic has claimed […]
Sahara: Abdelaziz’s Death Raises Questions about Polisario’s Future
The death, last Tuesday, of Mohamed Abdelaziz who headed the Polisario separatist for almost 40 years has raised a number of questions as to the […]
Egypt: Cairo to Investigate Official’s Alleged Calling Africans “Dogs & Slaves”
Egypt’s foreign minister Tuesday said they would investigate allegations that an Egyptian official at UN Assembly on environment last week in Nairobi referred to Sub-Saharan […]
Muslim Brotherhood Leader Handed Down Life Sentence
An Egyptian court has handed down the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and 35 other members of the banned organization life sentence. The […]
Five UN Togolese Peacekeepers killed in Mali
Five UN peacekeepers from Togo were killed in an ambush against a convoy of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Sunday, […]
Niger: Meningitis, Measles, Cholera Mass Vaccination kicks off
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors without Borders has started mass vaccination campaign to respond to meningitis, measles and cholera cases in landlocked Niger’s remote […]
Benin’s Talon Vows to Restore Cotton Fortunes
Benin’s president Patrice Talon has promised to turn the cotton fortunes of his country around by the end of his five-year term. Cotton is a […]
Five UN Chadian Peacekeepers killed in Mali
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said five of its peacekeepers from Chad were killed and three were wounded in the north on Wednesday […]
EgyptAir Flight Went off Radar with 66 Passengers
Flight MS804, an EgyptAir Airbus A320 en route from Paris to Cairo, has disappeared from radar with 56 passengers and 10 cabin crewmembers Wednesday night, […]