Nigeria: Nearly 150 missing after a shipwreck on the Niger River
An overloaded boat sank on Wednesday, May 26, in northwestern Nigeria. Authorities fear that most of the passengers drowned. In a statement, President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Month: May 2021
Morocco: House of Representatives adopts bill legalizing therapeutic use of cannabis
Members of the Moroccan House of Representatives adopted on Wednesday the bill authorizing the therapeutic use of cannabis, a major reform for this North African […]
Burundi: Several dead in Bujumbura after grenade attacks
Bujumbura was hit by several simultaneous grenade attacks in the early evening of Tuesday, May 25, targeting three busy bus stops and causing panic in […]
Comoros: Azali Assoumani celebrates his term anniversary in power as opposition still contests
In a tense day, Azali Assoumani celebrated his second anniversary as president on Wednesday, May 26. A new president should have been inaugurated today, but […]
Lake Chad Basin Commission meets in Abuja to support military transition in Chad
In Abuja, at a summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called for broad support for the Transitional Military Council in […]
Mali: An “unacceptable coup” for the EU
“An unacceptable coup”: European leaders have “condemned in the strongest possible terms the arrest of the president of Mali and his prime minister,” Emmanuel Macron […]
Benin: Patrice Talon reshuffles his government minimally
Forty-eight hours after his inauguration, the Beninese president made public Tuesday evening the list of his new government. It is a minimal reshuffle; Patrice Talon […]
Morocco’s new development model presented to King Mohammed VI
King Mohammed VI received, this Tuesday at the royal palace in Fez, the president of the ad hoc Committee on the Development Model (CSMD), Chakib […]
Friendship & Cooperation relations between Morocco and Mauritania Highlighted in Rabat
The outstanding relations of friendship and cooperation between Morocco and Mauritania were highlighted during a meeting, Monday in Rabat, between the Head of Government, Saad […]
Ali Kushayb before the ICC: The prosecution tries to make the trial inevitable
The first day of the confirmation of charges hearing for Sudanese Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, took place in The Hague […]