Senegal’s new president Bassirou Diomaye Faye said his country needs a new “rethought” partnership with European countries, part of his electoral promises to review deals signed with gas and oil extractors. Faye has often used “the protection of national sovereignty” as a salient slogan in his electoral campaign which ended month-long crisis and safeguarded a […]
A landmine exploded Sunday killing seven soldiers of Niger’s army, near border with Burkina Faso. The incident took place late Sunday morning. A vehicle carrying supplies on a weekly delivery run hit the mine six kilometers from Samira village, western Tillaberi region, the National Guard of Niger (GNN) was quoted by the media as saying. […]
U.N. human rights officials condemned the systematic oppression endured by anti-slavery activists in Mauritania who have been handed a 15-year jail sentence. “The (Mauritanian) government is hostile to civil society groups that criticize its policies, especially to groups like IRA, whose members are drawn from the Haratin minority and advocate for an end to slavery,” […]
