Sixteen soldiers killed in central Mali attack
Bamako – Sixteen soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday, security and... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Morocco score five after Guinea-Bissau hit by medical drama
Johannesburg – Morocco rose to the top of their African World Cup qualifying group on Wednesday with a 5-0 thrashing... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Guinea junta names development veteran Mohamed Beavogui prime minister
Conakry – Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who claimed power in Guinea following a September 5 military coup, on Wednesday named development... Read more
7 Oct, 2021
Senegal ex-president offers to host Guinea’s deposed Alpha Conde
Dakar – Former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has offered to host Guinea’s deposed leader Alpha Conde in his villa in... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Burkina students see no change four years after key Macron speech
Ouagadougou – Nearly four years ago, President Emmanuel Macron made a historic speech in the heart of the Sahel, where... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
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
