Mali’s new government: The tasks ahead
Mali’s new government has less than nine months to steer one of the world’s most troubled countries back to... Read more
18 Jun, 2021
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy: From peace prize to grinding war
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office vowing sweeping reforms that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, before becoming... Read more
18 Jun, 2021
Burkina Faso holds talks on security crisis
Burkina Faso on Thursday launched a two-day huddle gathering governing and opposition parties to discuss the country’s worsening jihadist... Read more
18 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo heads home after war crimes acquittal
Former president Laurent Gbagbo was returning to Ivory Coast on Thursday for the first time in nearly a decade,... Read more
17 Jun, 2021
Ethiopian elections: Key states in regional structure
Ethiopia’s national elections will draw in voters from seven of 10 semi-autonomous regions, highlighting the country’s rich history and... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
Ethiopia prepares to vote as famine stalks Tigray
Ethiopia is preparing to hold crucial and twice-delayed elections across the country on June 21, despite growing concern over... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
US-led war games under way in Morocco near disputed W Sahara
US-led forces are carrying out war games near the disputed region of Western Sahara, in exercises jointly organised with... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
New ICC prosecutor vows to ‘revive’ troubled tribunal
Britain’s Karim Khan was sworn in on Wednesday as the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court with a... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in dates
Key dates in the life of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who is scheduled to return home on... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
DRC court cuts jail term for ex-presidential aide
A former presidential aide in the Democratic Republic of Congo who had been sentenced to 20 years in a... Read more
16 Jun, 2021
