Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso police use tear gas to disperse anti-French demo

Ouagadougou – Security forces in Burkina Faso used tear gas on Friday to scatter anti-French demonstrators staging the latest... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Countries

Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot

Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Burkina Faso

‘Nothing to eat’: People starve in Burkina Faso town under jihadist blockade

Ouagadougou – Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against supply convoys, blockading Burkina Faso’s northern town of... Read more

18 Nov, 2022

Countries

After Ethiopia peace deal, what’s ahead is ‘more consequential’, rebels say

Nairobi – Following the signing of a peace deal between Ethiopia’s government and rebels in the Tigray region, what... Read more

14 Nov, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina opens probe into alleged army abuses

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s government on Saturday announced an investigation into allegations that the army opened fire on villages... Read more

13 Nov, 2022

Countries

Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in DRC’s volatile east

Goma – Kenyan soldiers landed in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, as... Read more

12 Nov, 2022

Countries

UN accuses Mali army and jihadists of massacres

Niamey – Mali’s army and jihadist groups have carried out massacres and hundreds of human rights violations, the UN... Read more

11 Nov, 2022

Countries

Sudan’s Burhan warns Islamists to steer clear of army

Khartoum – Sudan’s army chief and coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday warned Islamists and the party of... Read more

7 Nov, 2022

Countries

Mali suspends major news channel

Bamako – Malian authorities on Thursday suspended one of the country’s main news channels for two months following criticism... Read more

4 Nov, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso says ‘fighting for survival’ against jihadists

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s defence minister on Tuesday declared the country was fighting for “survival” in its seven-year-old battle... Read more

2 Nov, 2022