Over 117 Algerian Illegal Migrants Died Trying to Reach Europe in 2026, UN Says

A least 606 people trying to cross the Mediterranean have been reported dead or missing since the beginning of 2026, marking the “deadliest start to a year” in more than a decade, the UN’s migration agency. The migrants dead toll includes more than 117 Algerians who lost their lives in the Sea while attempting to […]

Guinea-Bissau president beefs up his own security, rules out risk of yet another coup

The appointment by the Guinea-Bissau’s president of two new officials responsible for his security — in a country accustomed to coups — are seen by experts and observers in the context of recent coups in Niger and Gabon and other nations in the Francophone Africa Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has appointed Generals Tomas Djassi […]

Cameroon applies for $34.7m loan from IsDB to rebuild infrastructure in restive Anglophone region

Cameroon under the directives of President Paul Biya has lined up for a $34.7 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to finance the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the Anglophone Regions of Northwest and Southwest. The plan estimated at around $3 billion encompasses three phases namely rehabilitation and development of […]