Category: Africa

Senegal: Appeal trial for defamation against opposition member Ousmane Sonko postponed to May 8

April 18, 2023

A court in Senegal’s capital Dakar announced Monday the appeal trial for defamation against opposition member Ousmane Sonko has been postponed to May 8. Sonko ... Read More

Sub-Saharan Africa hit hard by funding squeeze, IMF warns

April 18, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of unprecedented shocks, has driven up borrowing costs, weakened regional ... Read More

Gulf of Guinea coastal states talk military cooperation in face of Sahel jihadi violence

April 18, 2023

Leaders of Rwanda and Benin have met over the weekend to discuss ways of containing a potential spillover from an Islamist militant insurgency that has ... Read More

Burkina Faso: two terrorist attacks leave dozens of security forces dead

April 18, 2023

Unidentified gunmen have killed at least 40 people and wounded 33 others in two attacks on the army and volunteer defense forces in northern Burkina ... Read More

Morocco becomes representative of Arab Maghreb Union at African Union, another blow to Algeria

April 17, 2023

Morocco has gained an important post within the African Union, dealing a hard blow to the Algerian regime which has lost regional and international lust, ... Read More

African Lion 2023, final planning meeting held in Agadir

April 17, 2023

The final planning meeting of the exercise "African Lion 2023" was held at the level of the South Zone Staff in Agadir from this April ... Read More

Paul Kagame visits Guinea Conakry to bolster ties

April 17, 2023

Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrived Monday in Guinea Conakry in view of bolstering ties with the West African country ruled by a Junta. The visit ... Read More

Sudan Conflict: Morocco calls for immediate ceasefire & dialogue

April 17, 2023

Morocco has called on the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces to cease all hostilities against each other and to open dialogue to preserve ... Read More

Sudan’s two rival generals clashes for power reignite fears of civil war

April 17, 2023

The United Nations, the African Union, the United States and the European Union have called for a ceasefire in Sudan as the capital of Khartoum ... Read More

Abidjan to host NewSpace Africa Conference April 25-28

April 17, 2023

The Ivorian capital Abidjan will host April 25-28 the NewSpace Africa Conference aiming at providing an avenue to build and maintain new relationship with stakeholders ... Read More