Guinea’s ex-president Alpha Conde leaves country
Conakry – Guinea’s former president Alpha Conde left the West African state on Monday, two officials said, after being deposed... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
North Nigeria state reopens schools shut after abductions
Kano – Nigeria’s northern Zamfara state reopened schools on Monday four months after they were shut due to mass... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Mali sanctions imposed with ‘greatest reluctance’, Ivory Coast leader says
Libreville – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Monday that West African nations had imposed stinging sanctions on Mali... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Economist arrested in Mali for ‘subversive remarks’, his lawyer says
Bamako – A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about “subversive and... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sangare hit by personal tragedy
Douala – Ivory Coast goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare learned of the death of his father on Monday, only a few... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, symbol of Mali’s turmoil
Bamako – Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who died on Sunday aged 76, became the symbol of the... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Burkina Faso attack kills at least 10 civilians, says security source
Ouagadougou – At least 10 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on jihadists in northern Burkina Faso,... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Holders Algeria shocked at Cup of Nations after gaffe costs Ivory Coast
Douala – Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria on Sunday to leave the reigning... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Mali to oppose ‘illegal sanctions’ in international courts
Bamako – Mali has said it will seek to overturn in international courts what Bamako calls “illegal sanctions” imposed by... Read more
16 Jan, 2022
Mali ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies aged 76, his family says
Bamako – Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the West African country from 2013 until he was... Read more
16 Jan, 2022
