Chad parliament takes office as doubts grow over junta timetable
N’Djamena – Chad’s interim parliament took office on Tuesday nearly two weeks after its members were named by the... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Hundreds of Liberians protest alleged ritual murders
Monrovia – Hundreds of women protested in Liberia’s capital Monrovia on Tuesday against a wave of alleged ritual killings in... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Mali summons French ambassador over Macron criticism
Bamako – Mali summoned France’s ambassador on Tuesday, a foreign ministry statement said, to register its “indignation” at French President... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Post-colonial theorist Mbembe helping with Africa-France summit
Johannesburg – Achille Mbembe says his first experience with France was when French colonial forces killed his uncle, an... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
Suspected jihadists kill 14 soldiers in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou – Suspected jihadists killed 14 soldiers in an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the defence ministry... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
Nigerian doctors to resume work after two-months’ strike
Abuja – Doctors at Nigeria’s state-run hospitals will resume work this week after calling off a two-month long strike on... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
Named in Pandora Papers, Ivory Coast PM denies any ‘illicit activities’
Abidjan – Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi on Monday denied any wrongdoing after he was named in the... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
Nine soldiers killed in Burkina Faso attack, security sources say
Ouagadougou – Nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a military detachment in jihadist-hit northern Burkina Faso on Monday,... Read more
4 Oct, 2021
Food-crisis spectre haunts 600 000 in Niger, UN says
Niamey – The United Nations on Sunday warned that the Tillaberi region of western Niger was facing a “major food... Read more
4 Oct, 2021
Nigeria jihadists attack surrendered rivals in camp
Kano – Islamic State-allied jihadists have attacked a camp housing surrendered rivals from Boko Haram in the country’s northeast, the... Read more
3 Oct, 2021
