Two soldiers of Benin’s armed forces died Tuesday December 12 in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the commune of Karimama, north of the country reeling with terrorism activities. The incident reportedly occurred at Bako Moko in the commune. The soldiers’ motorbike ran over an IED on their way after they left […]
Political leaders, business executives and other stakeholders from all around Africa have recently met at two high-level meetings in Nigeria’s Abuja and South Africa’s Cape Town, aiming to find ways to boost intra-Africa trade within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Finance ministers and central bank governors from 50 African countries […]
A United Nations’ International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague opens a trial with a frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling the country’s 1994 genocide on Thursday (29 September), nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre left 800,000 dead. Félicien Kabuga is one of the last fugitives charged over the genocide […]
