ECOWAS: Israel to invest $1 billon in solar energy
Leaders of the West African regional group ECOWAS last weekend inked a memorandum of understanding with Israel that will earmark $1 billion over the next […]
Month: June 2017
Cameroon arrests 30 anti-terrorism soldiers
The government of Cameroon on Monday arrested over thirty anti-terrorism soldiers engaged in the fight against Boko Haram in the northern-regions of the West-African nation. […]
Senegal to launch a new carrier in Q4 2017
After the bankruptcy of Senegal Air Lines, a new company, Air Senegal SA, will start operations later this year, officials said on Monday. Air Senegal […]
Top Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote dies at 30
Ivorian international midfielder Cheick Tiote died of a heart failure while exercising with his Chinese club side, Beijing Enterprises on Monday. Tiote who spent seven […]
Senegal’s Kaffrine region harvests 194,000 tons of groundnut in 2016
The Kaffrine region in central-western Senegal has harvested about 194,000 tons of groundnut during the winter, Samba Ndao Tall, the director of rural development, told […]
Morocco: ECOWAS Green-lights Morocco’s membership bid
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Sunday agreed to allow Morocco become member of the regional body pending final and official […]
Algeria: four security forces injured in IS-linked attack
The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility of the Wednesday attack in Blida on a patrol of the Algerian gendarmerie in which four security […]
CAR: UN calls for aid for civilians swept up in ‘new spiral of escalating violence’
Warning that violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) is quickly escalating, the top United Nations aid official in the country Thursday urged the international […]
South Africa could harvest highest maize crop in 40 years
South Africa is expecting to harvest its highest maize crop in 40 years following good rains in the first quarter of 2017. According to the […]
Ethiopia shuts down internet to prevent exam leaks
The Ethiopian government has announced a total internet shutdown as means of blocking the leakage of papers for the country’s grade 10 examinations. About 1.2 […]