Haftar officially declares withdrawal from UN Skhirate Agreement
Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar has officially declared he was withdrawing from the UN sponsored political agreement signed in Morocco’s Skhirate in 2015. Haftar declared […]
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Côte d’Ivoire presidential candidate Soro hit with 20 years in jail
The former Speaker of the Ivorian Parliament and candidate for the October 2020 presidential election, Guillaume Soro, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for […]
Benin withdraws its Declaration to African court of human and people’s Rights
Benin announced Thursday the withdrawal of its Declaration to the Protocol establishing the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). According to the Government […]
Togo: Archbishop Philippe Kpodzro interrogated for several hours in Kodjo’s case
Archbishop Philippe Kpodzro, come to visit his foal, former Prime Minister Gabriel Agbéyomé Kodjo who was arrested Tuesday (April 21) was subjected to several hours […]
Thirty-one detainees executed in Burkina Faso – HRW
Human Rights Watch said Monday April 20 that Burkina Faso’s security forces executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, and called for […]
Coronavirus continues its spread, deaths in Africa
The African continent has recorded over 23,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 1,145 deaths. Egypt, Morocco and South Africa are the most affected countries in the […]
Covid-19: State of Health emergency in Morocco extended to May 20
The state of health emergency that was initially due to end on April 20 has been extended for an additional month to May 20. The […]
Up to three million people could die of covid-19 in Africa- UN report warns
The UN has rang the alarm bill as to the havoc that coronavirus might bring to the beleaguered health system in Africa where the virus […]
COVID-19: Major relief airlift reaches ‘most vulnerable’ African nations
The World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have dispatched aboard an Ethiopian Airlines charter one million facemasks, along with gloves, goggles, […]
Senegalese President thanks King Mohammed VI for his initiative on unified response to COVID-19
President Macky Sall of Senegal has expressed thanks to King Mohammed VI for his proposal to adopt “a unified and concerted response” to COVID-19 pandemic […]