Death of the Head of the Ivorian National Assembly, Amadou Soumahoro
President of the Assembly since March 2019, he made long stays abroad in recent months for medical reasons. The president of the Ivorian National Assembly […]
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Togo’s president accepts role as mediator in Mali crisis
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe has agreed to mediate the political crisis in Mali at a time when the military junta is under pressure to restore […]
ECOWAS: Chiefs of Staff Seek Strengthening Military Cooperation amid Growing Insecurity
The chiefs of staff of the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a two-day meeting in Accra Thursday and Friday to debate defence and […]
Finding new envoy for Libya, on top of UN agenda
The United Nations said finding a Special Representative for the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is a “very” high priority as African countries and […]
Gabonese soccer boss jailed for alleged pedophilia
The president of the Gabonese soccer federation, Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, has been indicted and placed under a committal order in Libreville for “failure to report crimes […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Abdoulaye Fofona, Guillaume Soro’s aide-de-camp arrested
A close friend of former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, accused of plotting and living in exile for several years, has been arrested in Abidjan, […]
Morocco: King launches construction works of a new UHC with a capacity of over 1,000 beds
King Mohammed VI on Thursday launched, in Rabat, the construction works of the new Ibn Sina University Hospital, a futuristic project that will strengthen the […]
Ethiopia: Death in prison of Tigrayan general Gebremedhin Fikadu
In Ethiopia, a Tigrayan general, a former commander in the African Union mission in Somalia, died in custody. He had been arrested with other senior […]
The sea rejects 24 bodies of migrants on the Tunisian coast
The bodies of 24 migrants who drowned after their boats sank off the coast of east-central Tunisia were thrown back into the sea at the […]
Germany to stop training Malian army
Germany will stop training Malian soldiers as part of the European Union mission in Mali (EUTM) but remains willing to contribute to the UN peacekeeping […]