South Sudan: Security improving, UN envoy says
The security situation in north-western South Sudan has improved with displaced people returning home, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the African […]
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Togo: ECOWAS attempts mediation in constitutional amendments crisis
While Togo’s Law Commission started a meeting on Friday to discuss the government’s draft legislation on constitutional amendments, an official ECOWAS delegation is currently in […]
BCEAO projects WAEMU economy to grow 6.9% in 2017
The growth rate of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU, or UEMOA as it is known by its French acronym) is expected to […]
Chad must organize legislative elections – France told Idriss Déby
France has called on Chadian President Idriss Déby to organize long-delayed parliamentary elections in the central African nation. A statement released by the French foreign […]
Fight against Boko haram not over, UN political official
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman warned that the fight against the terrorist Boko haram group is not over, although the coordinated efforts among […]
Uganda: MPs to remove presidential age limit
Lawmakers of the Ugandan ruling party on Tuesday announced plans to remove the presidential age limit to allow longtime President Yoweri Museveni to extend his […]
Guinea: Long-delayed local polls to be held this year
Guinea may organize its long-delayed local polls this year, according to a new draft presented on Wednesday by the country’s electoral commission to the committee […]
African-Israeli summit postponed as political crisis deepens in Togo
Togo’s embattled president Faure Gnassingbé has requested the cancellation of an Israeli-Africa summit scheduled for October, as the West African nation has been experiencing unrest […]
Tunisia: Parliament approves new Chahed cabinet
Prime Minister Youssef Chahed who received Monday the parliament’s vote of confidence for his new cabinet vowed that his team will be at war against […]
DRC: Over 500 people killed by cholera epidemic – WHO
A cholera outbreak has killed about 528 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, citing […]