West Africa

Senegal president’s camp loses absolute majority in parliament

Dakar – Senegalese President Macky Sall’s coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament but finished first by a... Read more

5 Aug, 2022

Abidjan – Talks on bringing home 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali are ongoing but any result “could take... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Abuja – Nigerian regulators have fined three broadcasters the equivalent of $12 000 each for airing a BBC documentary... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Dakar – Senegal’s opposition formally requested on Wednesday that the results of recent legislative elections be withheld until its... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Conakry – Twenty-nine Guinean minors have been arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and the destruction of property following... Read more

4 Aug, 2022

Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s army said on Wednesday that civilians had been killed in an air strike against jihadists,... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Ouagadougou – Inhabitants of a town in northern Burkina Faso whose road access has been cut off by jihadists... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Jideofor Adibe, Nasarawa State University, Keffi Nigeria has a long history of religious tensions against which the current spate... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Bamako – Mali has ordered a private airline to evict foreign soldiers, including UN troops, from its Bamako airport... Read more

3 Aug, 2022

Conakry – Civil society organisations, political parties and diplomats on Sunday condemned the junta’s use of force in Guinea... Read more

1 Aug, 2022