Benin voted for a new parliament on Sunday, January8, with opposition candidates authorized to stand in the legislative elections after four years of absence. The vote is widely seen as a key test for the West African nation, where President Patrice Talon’s supporters say he has ushered in political and economic development, but critics have […]
Uganda has firmly denied reports that it has entered into an agreement with the United States to accept migrants deported under a Trump-era immigration policy. The denial follows a CBS News report citing confidential U.S. government documents, which claimed that both Uganda and Honduras had agreed to take in asylum seekers and deportees from third […]
The Mauritanian army arrested this week some men and several weapons on board a four-wheel vehicle near Mauritania’s North-eastern borders with Algeria. The arrest took place just few days after Mauritanian authorities declared the borders with Algeria and Mali a military zone strictly forbidden to civilians. The decision was made amid the proliferation of terrorist […]
