Blaise Compaoré returns to Faso after 8 years in exile
In Burkina Faso, former President Blaise Compaoré arrived in Ouagadougou on Thursday. He is expected to participate alongside other former Heads of state in a […]
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Violent demonstrations in Conakry: 17 police officers injured
Seventeen police officers were injured, including one seriously, after spontaneous violent demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday in Conakry that followed the brutal arrest of three […]
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, […]
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 […]