Nigeria: Death toll rises to 76, scores missing in boat capsize tragedy

The death toll from a boat accident, which occurred when the vessel carrying passengers capsized in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra last Friday has risen to 76, with dozens reported missing. Officials said the locally made boat was carrying 85 people who were on their way to a local market when it developed an engine […]

Russian-Algerian ties in limbo on Sahel divergences

The worsening ties between Algiers and Bamako unveiled a silently brewing crisis between Algeria and its main arms supplier Russia, which seeks to undermine the west in Africa using a panoply of soft and hard power measures. Algeria has for long claimed to be Russia’s “best friend” in Africa with President Tebboune calling Putin a […]

Tunisia: Combating corruption, new government’s top priority, PM says

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Najla Bouden said in an address, following the announcement of her government lineup, that the cabinet’s top priority is to combat corruption, otherwise, she added, any attempt at reform will be called into doubt. The management of State affairs requires an evaluation, analysis and reorganization operation to set priorities and restore confidence […]