Macron announces Sahel troop drawdown, calls for new force
Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced a major drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre
Ouagadougou (AFP) – Burkina Faso said Tuesday that more than 7,000 people had fled the country’s volatile north following... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast prays for rain to ease energy crunch
AYAME (Côte d’Ivoire) (AFP) – “We have no water,” Ladji Kone Vacaba, head of the Ayame dam in southeastern... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Nigeria’s Twitter ban provokes outcry
Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria’s media and activists fear their country is slipping into repression after the government suspended Twitter... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Windies look to pounce on unsettled South Africa
Gros-Islet – West Indies start a two-Test contest against South Africa on Thursday with the home side believing they... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
Drowned migrants get 'dignified' burial in Tunisia cemetery
Zarzis (Tunisia) (AFP) – A cemetery in southern Tunisia for migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean in the hope... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
Russian mother urges Biden, Putin to free 'Merchant of Death'
Moscow (AFP) – The mother of a Russian arms trafficker, who is serving a 25-year jail term in the... Read more
7 Jun, 2021
DR Congo diamond mining giant struggles to revive its glory days
Mbuji-Mayi (DR Congo) (AFP) – Mbuji-Mayi has seen better days. Once the home of DR Congo’s state diamond company... Read more
7 Jun, 2021
Mali's Assimi Goita: special ops commander turned strongman
Bamako (AFP) – Colonel Assimi Goita, who led a coup in Mali last year, is set to be sworn... Read more
7 Jun, 2021
Mali junta boss to be sworn in as interim president
Bamako (AFP) – Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita, following his second coup in nine months, will be sworn into office... Read more
7 Jun, 2021
