Militants have killed 28 Nigerien soldiers in an ambush near the border with Mali, Niger government said. Earlier reports have announced that 17 soldiers were killed after the attack near the western village of Tongo Tongo. But the bodies of 11 more soldiers have been found, bringing the total number of casualties to 28 in […]
Kenya’s finance minister was arrested on Monday on corruption charges in the East African nation. Mr Henry Rotich turned himself in to authorities on Monday and is currently in police custody, according to the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji. The charges against Rotich relate to a project to build two hydroelectric dams in […]
Mauritania must accelerate economic diversification to achieve its ambition of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2050, the World Bank said in a report published on Nov 24, citing the limits of a development model driven by extractive industries. “The extractive-led growth path is reaching its end,” the Bank said, noting that while Mauritania posted an […]
