A fire outbreak has destroyed the headquarters of the European Union (EU) Commission in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, making no casualties. Douglas Darius Carpenter, head of the mission Tweeted the fire broke out on Sunday. No one was wounded. Bienvenu Zokoué, the Chief of the domestic security of the African country, said […]
Cash-strapped Tunisia continues to face headwinds in its quest to obtain a lifeline $1.9 billion credit from the IMF whose conditions are now openly rejected by authoritarian president Kais Saied. Saied was outspoken in rejecting the IMF conditions for Tunisia to cut subsidies in order to improve public finances. Saied’s statement adds to the fierce […]
A majority of lawmakers in Burkina Faso voted a new law providing for extending funding and training to local vigilantes in response to the growing firepower of jihadist groups in the Sahel nation. Vigilante groups called koglweogo – “guardians of the bush” in the Moore language – will be the first beneficiaries of the fund. […]
