Category: Africa

Senegal and Guinea Bissau set up a 26-member joint committee to iron out by 2025 the lingering border issues between the two countries. “It is ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Soro can return home, up to justice to decide over his fate – Ouattara’s administration

The Ivorian government indicated Thursday that former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is free to return home but it is up to the justice to decide ... Read More

Niger: ban of pro-Bazoum protest slated for Nov. 25

Niger authorities outlawed a protest by a civil society group that was slated for November 25 to demand the liberation of ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum ... Read More

Hawala, One of Polisario’s Financing Channels

Moroccan authorities arrest 25 migrants for attacking law enforcement members

Moroccan authorities arrested 25 Sub-Saharan migrants due to their involvement in a violent attack on security forces trying to prevent them from crossing into the ... Read More

Niger’s new strongman makes maiden foreign trip to Mali

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of junta in power in Niger is expected in Mali this Thursday November 23, for his first foreign trip since ... Read More

Guinea: Junta orders probe into ex-president Conde for alleged treason

Guinea has announced an investigation into former president Alpha Conde’s alleged involvement in treason, two years after the ex-president was overthrown in a coup by ... Read More

DRC: UN mission that ‘proved its limits in ‘permanent war’ is to withdraw peacekeepers

After more than a two-decade presence, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MONUSCO is set to withdraw its ... Read More

Niger: Junta govt asks West Africa’s court to order ECOWAS to lift coup sanctions

Niger’s junta government has asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its ECOWAS neighbors following a ... Read More