Burkina Faso to raise 150 million euros for war fund
Ouagadougou – The Burkina Faso government has announced plans to raise 152 million euros for a “fund to support... Read more
10 Dec, 2022
Junta-appointed PM in Mali returns after stroke
Bamako – Mali’s military-appointed government on Monday said that Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, a civilian named to the... Read more
6 Dec, 2022
Mali lifts suspension of major news channel
Bamako – Mali’s communications authority said on Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country’s... Read more
2 Dec, 2022
Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs
Bogota – Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders, after... Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Guinea parties boycott junta talks on return to civilian rule
Conakry – Guinea’s main political parties boycotted talks with military-dominated authorities on conditions for a return to civilian rule... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Experts warn against bringing rebels into army to end DRC fighting
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army once absorbed rebels into its ranks as a way to end... Read more
25 Nov, 2022
Mali peacekeeping force in the balance as countries withdraw
Niamey – A shadow has fallen over the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in jihadist-embattled Mali, one of the UN’s... Read more
20 Nov, 2022
Burkina Faso police use tear gas to disperse anti-French demo
Ouagadougou – Security forces in Burkina Faso used tear gas on Friday to scatter anti-French demonstrators staging the latest... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot
Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
‘Nothing to eat’: People starve in Burkina Faso town under jihadist blockade
Ouagadougou – Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against supply convoys, blockading Burkina Faso’s northern town of... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
