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The government of Benin has reaffirmed strong support for the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the plan is the ONLY “credible and realistic solution” to the Sahara regional conflict. The supportive stand comes in a joint statement issued in Rabat following the meeting held Tuesday between Moroccan foreign […]
Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired Tuesday September 12 the head of la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, few hours after the latter unveiled plans to run for February 2024 presidential elections. A decree signed by the Senegalese leader, seen by State-run news agency APS, announced the removal of El Hadji Mamadou Diao, better known as […]
Raymond Ndong Sima, the transitional Premier of Gabon has told French media AFP that the central African country will need at least 24 months as transitional period for new elections after the Army seized power on August 30. Ndong Sima, a former Prime Minister under the regime of ousted leader Ali Bongo Odimba, was September […]
The Council of Foreign ministers of Conseil de l’Entente named Ivorian ambassador and Director General of the African Integration Ouattara Wautabouna as the new Secretary General of the West African regional organization in replacement of countryman Marcel Amon Tanoh. Tanoh’s spell at the realm of the organization grouping Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and […]
Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, Senegal’s Agriculture Minister has tendered in his resignation from the government and pulled out from ruling party “Alliance pour la République (APR)” few days after President Macky Sall designated incumbent Prime Minister Amadou Ba as candidate for February 2024 presidential elections for the APR and the ruling coalition Benno Bokk Yaakaar. N. […]
Africa’s continuing poor investments in agricultural production, including use of modern technology, are hurting the continent’s ambitions to feed itself, combined with a rising population that does held the situation, African top brains in food security recently gathering in Dar es Salaam were told. Leaders and experts attending the Africa Green Revolution Forum in Tanzania’s […]
More than 560 members of a rebel group linked to the Islamic State (IS) have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since December 2021 in operations conducted by Uganda’s military, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said, as local authorities in DRC have reported scores of dead and injured following an attack on […]
Niger’s junta has accused France of deploying troops in several West African countries in preparation for a military intervention in Niger, as experts warn the series of coups in the region are putting the unity and capability of the regional grouping ECOWAS to the test. The junta repeated its call on Sunday (10 September) for […]
The African Union made history on Saturday (9 September) when it became the 21st permanent member of the Group of 20 (G20) during the G20 Summit 2023 in New Delhi. The move, of which India had been a staunch advocate, is widely seen as strengthening both the G20 and also the voice of the Global […]
Almost $1 billion will be disbursed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to young entrepreneurs to help tackle climate change on the continent, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina announced, noting that failing to invest in the youth will hurt Africa. In an effort to combat climate change, the AfDB and the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) […]