Mali: Gunmen attack UN police base in Timbuktu
Unidentified gunmen carried out simultaneous attacks across Timbuktu in northern Mali at a UN police base and an army checkpoint, leaving at least one injured, […]
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Senegal: Police interrogates 900 suspected terrorists
Authorities in Senegal interrogated more than 900 people last weekend as part of increased efforts to prevent attacks by Islamist militants, the country’s police revealed […]
Togo inks US$194 million agreements with IDB
The Togolese government on Wednesday, signed several funding agreements worth $194 million with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), in Jeddah, during the visit to Saudi […]
Burkina: MPs agree 19% pay cut “in solidarity with victims”
All members of Burkinabe parliament on Tuesday agreed on a salary reduction in solidarity with the victims and all people who suffered during the popular […]
Ghana: Peace & Conflict Resolution Specialist Appointed Interior Minister
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former U.N. Peace & Conflict Resolution Specialist as interior minister to strengthen domestic security after Burkina […]
Orange to acquire Airtel’s two subsidiaries in West-Africa
French telecoms giant Orange on Wednesday said it has signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel of India to acquire the latter’s operations in Burkina Faso […]
Burkina Faso: Kaboré orders audit of transition gov’t
Few weeks after being sworn in as the first new leader in almost three decades, Burkina Faso’s Christian Kabore, on Monday, ordered an audit of […]
Burkina Faso: President names economist as new PM
Burkina-Faso President Marc Roch Kabore on Thursday appointed Paul Kaba as the new prime minister, a week after he was sworn in as the country’s […]
Burkina Faso: Kabore takes the oath of office, wows to tackle basic needs
Roch Marc Christian Kabore, Burkina Faso’s newly elected president who took the oath of office Tuesday, said his election after a chaotic transition is a […]
Burkina Faso: Gilbert Diendere charged over the murder of Sankara
Gilbert Diendere, the shadowy general behind the September failed coup in Burkina Faso, has now been formally charged over the murder of former President Thomas […]