Hundreds of Nigerian prisoners escape after attack
The government said on Wednesday that several hundred inmates, including about 60 jihadists, escaped from a prison on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, […]
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Ivorian President Ouattara to meet his predecessors Gbagbo and Bédié
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will meet his two predecessors Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié on 14 July, the government spokesman announced on Wednesday, a […]
Kinshasa and Kigali reach agreement in Luanda
The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda agreed on Wednesday in Luanda to create an ad hoc mechanism to observe the […]
Central African Republic: $68.4 million needed to help face acute food insecurity (WFP)
A sharp increase in prices of essential goods in the Central African Republic (CAR) linked to the Russia-Ukraine war will likely have a devastating impact […]
OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo Passes Away
Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Nigerian Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, passed away Tuesday at the age of 63, Nigerian National […]
Morocco Switches on Two Gas-Fired Power Plants, Defeating Algeria’s Tactics
Morocco has emerged stronger from Algeria’s attempts to weaponize gas exports when it stopped pumping gas to Spain via the pipeline crossing the North African […]
Civilians refuse to cooperate with the Sudanese army
Sudan’s main civilian bloc on Tuesday rejected a proposal by coup leader General Abdelfattah al-Burhane to make way for a civilian government, denouncing a “tactical […]
Libyan Presidential Council announces plan to end crisis
The Presidential Council, a body with some executive powers, announced on Tuesday that it had drawn up a plan to break the country’s political deadlock […]
Blaise Compaoré expected in Ouagadougou at the end of the week
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaoré, in exile in Ivory Coast since his fall in 2014, is expected in Ouagadougou at the end of the week […]
Sahara: Morocco reiterates to UN envoy its stance in favor of a political solution, based exclusively on the Autonomy Initiative
Morocco has reiterated this Tuesday its stance in favor of a political solution to the Sahara issue, based exclusively on the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative. This […]