Macron announces Sahel troop drawdown, calls for new force
Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced a major drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel... Read more
11 Jun, 2021
Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre
Ouagadougou (AFP) – Burkina Faso said Tuesday that more than 7,000 people had fled the country’s volatile north following... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Ivory Coast prays for rain to ease energy crunch
AYAME (Côte d’Ivoire) (AFP) – “We have no water,” Ladji Kone Vacaba, head of the Ayame dam in southeastern... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Nigeria’s Twitter ban provokes outcry
Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria’s media and activists fear their country is slipping into repression after the government suspended Twitter... Read more
10 Jun, 2021
Windies look to pounce on unsettled South Africa
Gros-Islet – West Indies start a two-Test contest against South Africa on Thursday with the home side believing they... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
Drowned migrants get 'dignified' burial in Tunisia cemetery
Zarzis (Tunisia) (AFP) – A cemetery in southern Tunisia for migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean in the hope... Read more
9 Jun, 2021
Two Nigerian states try out Covid vaccine passes
Lagos – Two southern Nigerian states are trying to introduce Covid-19 vaccine passes for access to public places and gatherings,... Read more
31 Mar, 2021
PICS | Durban taxi boss killed in a hail of bullets, boy, 10 wounded in cross fire
Cape Town – Police in Durban are reportedly investigating after a man was shot dead in a hail of... Read more
24 Feb, 2021
