Home

French warnings to Mali's ruling military come into effect

Bamako (AFP) – French warnings about suspending military cooperation with Mali after the country’s second coup in nine months... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

Home

Opposition movement set for key rally in crisis-hit Mali

Bamako (AFP) – Supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement were called out to rally on Friday in a demonstration... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

Home

Few options for Mali's partners in latest twist to crisis

Paris (AFP) – Mali’s neighbours and its ally France have struggled to formulate a firm response to the latest... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

Home

African postcolonial critic Mbembe tries fresh start with France

Johannesburg (AFP) – Cameroonian postcolonial scholar Achille Mbembe raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France’s President Emmanuel... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

Home

Anerood Jugnauth, former Mauritius leader, dead at 91

Port Louis (Mauritius) (AFP) – The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

Home

11 dead in fresh violence in eastern DR Congo

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) – At least 11 people were killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo,... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

Home

MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria

Abuja (AFP) – Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

Home

More than two billion Covid vaccines given: AFP

Paris (AFP) – More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

Home

Nigeria state in talks to free 136 abducted children

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – A Nigerian state government said it was negotiating with gunmen who seized 136 children from... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

Home

Papers reveal UK royals' ban on 'coloured' office staff: report

London (AFP) – Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of “coloured immigrants or foreigners” in office... Read more

3 Jun, 2021