Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, all governed by military juntas, are preparing to launch a new biometric passport as part of their exit from the regional bloc Ecowas. After a series of coups between 2020 and 2023, these countries formed the Alliance of Sahel States and announced their intention to leave Ecowas earlier this year. […]
Known for his patriotism, resilience and bravery, fighter jet pilot Ali Najab has died at the age of 81, leaving a book that recounts the horrors of the proxy war that has been waged by Algeria on Morocco since 1975. Najab spent 25 years in a jail in the Algerian territory administered by the Polisario […]
Somalia has finished the process of becoming a fully-fledged member of the East African Community (EAC) after it has ratified the accession treaty to an economic bloc that has some of Africa’s rapidly growing economies. Somalia joined Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and South Sudan, as part of the exclusive […]
