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Niger Plans National and Regional Airlines to Boost Connectivity and Regional Integration

The Government of Niger has unveiled on February 5 plans to launch a new national airline alongside a regional carrier as part of a broader strategy to enhance air connectivity both within the country and across the Sahel region. According to the Nigerien News Agency, Colonel Salisu Mahaman Salisu, the Minister of Transport and Equipment, […]

Migrants in limbo as Mauritania’s expulsion drive overwhelms border town

In the dusty border town of Rosso, straddling the frontier between Mauritania and Senegal, the humanitarian burden is growing heavier by the day as waves of deported migrants arrive with nowhere to turn. Weeks into Mauritania’s intensified crackdown on undocumented migrants, hundreds—many hailing from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, and Côte d’Ivoire—find themselves stranded in harrowing […]

Gabon elections: Bongo aims for third term; opposition optimistic of victory

Voters in Gabon are awaiting results from Saturday’s (26 August) triple election — in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seeking a third term after taking office in 2009 — but that were marred by delays, internet blockage, and night curfew. The 64-year-old incumbent, whose family has ruled the country for 56 years, is being […]