Burkina Faso: Commission proposes 30-month transition
A Commission set up early February by the military junta that seized power a month ago in Burkina Faso has proposed a 30-month transition before […]
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Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament Commends High Standard of Living of Inhabitants of Moroccan Southern Provinces
Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Sidie Mohamed Tunis, commended, during a visit to Dakhla Thursday, the efforts […]
Burkina’s new regime seeks media support
The new Head of state of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, met with associations of journalists to give the deep motivations of the […]
Nigerian police destroy 255 hectares of cannabis farms
More than 250 hectares of cannabis fields were destroyed this week and 13 people arrested in Ondo State in southwestern Nigeria, the Nigerian Drug Law […]
Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau banned from leaving the country
Domingos Simoes Pereira, former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, has been banned from leaving the country due to a judicial review in an investigation that includes […]
Death toll from gold mining explosion in Burkina Faso rises to 63
Sixty-three people were killed and almost as many injured in an explosion followed by a fire on Monday at a gold mining site in the […]
Four French soldiers arrested in Bangui
Four French soldiers escorting a UN force general were arrested Monday at Bangui airport, immediately triggering accusations of an “assassination attempt” on the Central African […]
Ten dead in attempted robbery of cash couriers in South Africa
South African police said Monday they killed 10 suspects and wounded five of their men in an attempted robbery of a cash courier in Johannesburg, […]
The coup in Faso left two dead, according to the junta
Two people were killed and a dozen injured in the January 24 coup that toppled elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in Burkina Faso, the […]
Mali asks France to withdraw its soldiers “without delay
The ruling junta in Bamako asked France to “withdraw its soldiers from Mali without delay”, earning a rebuff from President Emmanuel Macron, the day after […]