Mali PM urges Burkina Faso not to rely on foreign forces/in /by
On Wednesday, at least a dozen army auxiliaries from the Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP) force were killed in an attack in northern Burkina
Tunisia: opponent Jawhar Ben Mbarek also arrested/in /by
Mr. Ben Mbarek, 55, is the most prominent opponent to be arrested as part of a campaign of arrests launched in early February in political and business circles, unprecedented since President Saied cornered the powers in July 2021.
Nigeria to close land borders on election day/in /by
The directive is meant to ensure that the “elections are free, fair and devoid of anomalies”, the Nigeria Immigration Service said.
Tunisian president wants government to take care of “legal” migrants/in /by
The presidential call followed accusations on Wednesday by Tunisian human rights groups of hate speech after Saied said earlier that "hordes" of sub-Saharan African migrants were causing crime and posed a "demographic" threat
Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to fight Jihadists/in /by
"An exceptional recruitment of 5,000 non-commissioned soldiers for the national armed forces, to serve for at least five years in their military region of recruitment, will take place throughout the national territory,"
Algeria dissolves pro-democracy group amid wider crackdown/in /by
The Youth Action Group, known by its French acronym, RAJ, and the left-leaning Movement for Democracy and Socialism party that was also suspended by the same decree, appear to be the latest targets of a crackdown on Algeria's dissenting voices
Nigeria’s electoral commission chairman assures safety at the polls/in /by
With days to go before Nigerians heads to the polls, the chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu gives a briefing
Deadly Chad protests: death toll now estimated at 128/in /by
The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) of Chad estimates that 128 people died in the bloody October crackdown on opposition protests against the extension of the transitional government,
Olunga shines for Al Duhail knocking out Al Shabab/in /by
The Qatari side, managed by Hernan Crespo, will now meet Al-Hilal on Sunday
South Africa: US senators vow support for AIDS relief/in /by
Accompanied by British singer Elton John, the senators' visit is meant to mark 20 years since the launch of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR