Malians out in force after junta calls protests over sanctions
Bamako – Malians took to the streets en masse on Friday after the military junta called for protests against... Read more
15 Jan, 2022
How regional sanctions are hurting Mali
Abidjan – Mali finds itself more isolated than ever after fellow West African nations imposed strict sanctions, and now risks... Read more
15 Jan, 2022
Fleeing Tunisia dictator wanted to turn back, recordings reveal
Tunis – Toppled Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was mulling a return home even as he was aboard... Read more
15 Jan, 2022
Sierra Leone to elect more women in new voting system
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s president has promised to change the electoral system and increase women’s participation in politics, among an... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
First Sudan security death, protester killed in anti-coup rallies
Khartoum – Sudanese anti-coup protesters stabbed to death a police general on Thursday, authorities said, and a protester was... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
Tunisia’s Ennahdha urges Friday protests, defying Covid ban
Tunis – Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has reiterated calls for demonstrations on Friday marking the anniversary of the country’s revolution,... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
Burkina revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara ‘shot seven times’
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who was gunned down during a coup in 1987, was shot... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
Mali condemns ‘clear breach’ of airspace by French military plane
Bamako – Mali’s army-dominated government on Wednesday condemned what it called a “clear breach” of its airspace by a... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
Detained Tunisia politician ‘near death’ says party, medic says ‘stable’
Tunis – Tunisia’s hunger striking former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri is “near death”, his party warned Wednesday, while a doctor... Read more
13 Jan, 2022
UK’s Boris Johnson faces parliament over party scandal
London – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced damning headlines on Wednesday as he prepared to answer MPs’ questions... Read more
12 Jan, 2022
