Ethiopia: Human trafficker Kidane Zekarias escapes his trial
Human trafficker Kidane Zekarias escaped from the federal court in Addis Ababa last Thursday. While he was in the toilet, the Eritrean-born network leader simply […]
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COVID-19: International media praise Morocco’s vaccination campaign
German Die Welt paper has published Tuesday a long article on Morocco’s successful vaccination campaign saying the North African country is doing much better than […]
South Africa: Two years in prison demanded for the former President Jacob Zuma
The noose is tightening around former president Jacob Zuma, who is mired in cases of embezzlement. On Monday, the commission charged with investigating corruption under […]
Côte d’Ivoire: First country in Africa to put in place procedures for eligibility for stateless status
These are stateless persons or persons “at risk of statelessness”: they have no nationality or have great difficulty, due to lack of documents, in proving […]
Niger: Mohamed Bazoum elected president, Mahamane Ousmane contests
The candidate of the ruling party in Niger’s presidential election, Mohamed Bazoum, won with 55.75% of the votes against the opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane (44.25%), […]
Benin: The Constitutional Court validated candidacies for the presidential election
The Constitutional Court validated the Cena’s provisional list authorizing only three duets for the presidential election. The tickets of the Democratic Party and the opposition […]
Nigeria: Release of over fifty passengers kidnapped a week ago
53 bus passengers, kidnapped a little more than a week ago in Niger State, in the central-western part of the country, were freed on Sunday […]
Niger: Seven members of the electoral board killed on the election day
Nearly 7.5 million voters were called to the polls this Sunday for the second round of the presidential election that pits the ruling party’s candidate, […]
Algerian army consecrates the confiscation of presidential power
The Algerian defense ministry has issued a communiqué denying the information on the imminent participation of Algerian troops in the G-5 Sahel troops. This communiqué […]
A Senegalese, Makhtar Diop, at the helm of IFC
Senegalese Makhtar Diop has been appointed as Managing Director and Executive Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank […]