Togo presidential Election feb 2020

Nearly 1,000 African migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands over week-end

Close to 1,000 African migrants mostly from Senegal reached the shores of Spain’s autonomous territory of the Canary Islands over the week-end, a new record in the history of the archipelago. Close to 32,000 migrants have completed the dangerous Atlantic route from the African continent to the Spanish islands off northwestern Africa this year, the […]

Senegal: President’s brother resigns amid petro-scandal

Aliou Sall, the brother of Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday announced his resignation from La Caisse des Depots et Consignations, a financial institution he has been leading since 2017, three weeks after he was accused in a BBC report of corruption in oil and gas deals. Opposition politicians and campaign groups in Senegal accused […]

Ghana’s ex-president John Mahama wins election, part of latest trend in Africa

Ghana’s vice president and ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, has conceded defeat in the country’s highly contested presidential election and congratulated his main opponent, former president John Dramani Mahama, for winning another term as the west African country’s leader. “The people of Ghana have spoken, the people have voted for change at […]