Assassination of Sankara: Blaise Compaoré will not attend the trial
Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, the main defendant in the trial of the 1987 assassination of his former friend Thomas Sankara, which opens Monday […]
Month: October 2021
Africa-France: the new format of a summit without African Heads of State has begun today in Montpellier
Entrepreneurs, civil society representatives, cultural and sports actors… 2,500 to 3,000 people, including 700 from the continent, are expected to attend the 28th Africa-France Summit […]
UN Human Rights Office to open country office in Burkina Faso
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will open an office in Burkina Faso, to contribute to the promotion of human […]
Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for his work exploring the impact of imperialism on uprooted people. The […]
Morocco: New young, dynamic cabinet approved by the King
King Mohammed VI has approved this Thursday the cabinet formed by Aziz Akhannounch, head of the liberal National rally of Independents, who has been appointed […]
Tunisia hosts meeting of senior naval officers from Europe, Africa
Tunisia hosted recently a meeting of senior naval officers under the patronage of the Navy, the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, the U.S. Military Academy and […]
Former Senegalese president Wade ready to welcome Alpha Conde in his villa in Dakar
One month after the coup in Guinea and while the overthrown president Alpha Conde is still being held in an undisclosed location, former Senegalese president […]
Reorganization at the leadership of the Burkinabe armed forces
The chief of general staff of the Burkinabe army, in office since January 2019, was replaced on Wednesday evening by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, […]
Mohamed Béavogui, former senior UN official, appointed Prime Minister of Guinea
Guinea’s new transitional president, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who came to power in a September 5 coup, appointed veteran development worker Mohamed Béavogui as transitional Prime […]
UNSG officially appoints diplomat Staffan de Mistura as his new Personal Envoy for the Sahara
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has officially appointed Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura as his new personal envoy for the Sahara, announced Wednesday the UN […]