Sufi pilgrimage to Dakar resumes after two-year Covid hiatus
Dakar – Thousands of Sufi Muslim pilgrims gathered in Dakar on Friday for the first time since 2019 without... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
27 soldiers killed in Mali jihadist attack, says army
Bamako – A jihadist attack on a military camp in central Mali on Friday killed 27 soldiers and 47... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
Mali armed groups criticise junta, call for clarity
Bamako – Armed groups in Mali that signed a landmark peace deal have intensified criticism in recent days of the... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
Senegal chastises Kyiv over call for fighters
Dakar – Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for calling for fighters to join its effort to repel Russia’s invasion,... Read more
5 Mar, 2022
IN PICTURES | More than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine return home
Abuja – A first batch of more than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were flown home... Read more
4 Mar, 2022
West Africa bloc scraps Burkina Faso visit over post-coup ‘charter’
Abidjan – West Africa’s bloc ECOWAS said a mission to Burkina Faso on Thursday had been scrapped after its junta-led... Read more
4 Mar, 2022
West Africa bloc, UN ‘concerned’ about Guinea’s democratic transition
Conakry – West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS and the United Nations voiced deepening concern on Thursday about a stalling democratic... Read more
4 Mar, 2022
Cameroon’s ‘forgotten’ war leaves refugees in limbo
Ogoja – Three years ago, Akor Pelkings fled his home in western Cameroon, where a conflict raged between the security... Read more
3 Mar, 2022
Guinea illegal gold mine collapse kills 10
Conakry – A landslide at a gold mine in north-western Guinea has killed at least 10 people, a local official... Read more
3 Mar, 2022
Senegal prosecutor urges five-year sentence for Dakar mayor
Dakar – Senegal’s public prosecutor on Wednesday urged a court in the capital Dakar to sentence the city’s mayor to... Read more
3 Mar, 2022
