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Kenya’s president William Ruto has welcomed the UN Security Council’s resolution to send a a multinational armed force led by the East African nation to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, pledging “not fail the people of Haiti.” Ruto made these remarks on Tuesday (2 October), only hours after Monday’s vote at the UN that […]
Burkina Faso’s junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, who came to power in a 2022 coup, has said that elections in the country are “not a priority” compared to “security,” despite the military leadership’s earlier pledges to return to democracy with presidential elections by July 2024. “It’s not a priority, I’ll tell you that clearly, it’s […]
Senior officials from Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Sunday (25 June) accused the country’s military of an assassination attempt on opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara, which came a day after presidential, parliamentary and local elections took place following a tense campaign marred by violence. It is a vote, in which President Julius Maada Bio […]
A year ago, a group of illegal sub-Saharan migrants attempted to storm the occupied enclave of Melilia by scaling the metal fence separating the occupied enclave from Nador. Here follows the timeline of the events of this migratory precedent: June 24, 2022 – Early in the morning, a group of sub-Saharan illegal immigrants launched an […]
The Court of First Instance of Tunis sentenced a Muslim cleric to four years in prison for calling youth to jihad during his preaches, “Tunisie Numerique reports”. The name of the religious leader has not been revealed but the media notes he preaches in the coastal governorate of Mahdia. Tunisia is at war with terrorism […]
Senegal’s Foreign ministry has announced the decision to temporarily close its general Consulates around the world, after the missions reportedly came under attacks. In a statement, the ministry indicated the move came after Senegalese Embassies and Consulates in Paris, Milan, Bordeaux and New York were targeted by recent aggressions. “These acts caused serious damage, particularly […]
The United Nations and African Union have called for calm in Senegal after at least 15 people were killed in an outbreak of violence following the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The sentencing of opposition politician Sonko for two years in jail on charges of ‘corrupting youth’ sparked some of the deadliest violence in […]
Senegal’s President Macky Sall launched Wednesday a national dialogue initiative supposed to appease the political tension in the country, but rejected by a chunk of the opposition, including main rival Ousmane Sonko. “There can be no democracy without freedom, just as there can be no freedom without responsibility. Every piece of physical violence, every piece […]
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has accused East African Community (EAC) regional force deployed to fight rebels in his country of working with the enemy rebels, while scores of soldiers and militiamen were reported killed Thursday (11 May) in a latest attack on the outskirts of the capital city Kinshasa. DRC […]
More than 13,000 women and children have fled islands on the Niger River in western Niger following strings of deadly attacks staged by terrorists, state radio “Voix du Sahel” said. The radio indicated that Women and children fleeing the remote islands have sought safety in Ayorou, a town 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Nigerien […]