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West, Central Africa in internet outage after undersea cable failure

Millions of internet users in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso were frustrated after an outage that was blamed on undersea cables failures. The African subsea cable operator Seacom confirmed that services on its west African cable system were down and that customers who relied on that cable were being redirected to the […]

Libya: Final roadmap text to be adopted in New York

Libyan Peace settlement final roadmap will be adopted in New York according to diplomats close to the Dialogue who also indicated that the Dialogue protagonists are expected to attend the UN General Assembly Thursday and Friday. A western diplomat indicated that the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, the General National Congress in Tripoli and […]

Burkina Faso increases defense budget by nearly 50 per cent for 2023

Burkina Faso authorities have budgeted $1.09 billion for defense expenditure this year, an increase of 49.43 per cent compared to last year, to address security concerns caused by terrorism activities. The West African country has been grappling with insecurity caused by terrorists and a political instability. The central government has lost around 40 per cent […]