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Mali: The NCSP Junta Awaits a Response on Sanctions from ECOWAS

The Malian National Committee for the Salvation of the People(NCSP) awaits a response from the Economic Community of West African States leaders (ECOWAS) after junta head, Colonel Assimi Goita, made a public appeal on Tuesday for sanctions to be lifted — following the appointment of the transitional president, Bah N’daou, as per one of the […]

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Pascal Affi N’Guessan Heeds Anti-Ouattara Civil Disobedience Calls

Opposition Unite? Former Ivorian Prime Minister and candidate for the upcoming presidential election on October 31, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, 67, is yet another politician declaring his outrage at the Constitutional Council’s decision to deem the sought third term of the current president as valid — when, to many, it is unconstitutional. Pascal Affi N’Guessan: “I […]

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Mali Pronounces Ex- Defence Minister Ba N’Daou as Interim President

A Huge Decision Head of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, Colonel Assimi Goïta, issued a nationally televised announcement pronouncing Ba N’Daou, previously the Minister of Defence, as the Malian transitional president appointed by a committee set up by the junta in power since ousting — in a coup d-état, ex-president Ibrahim […]

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Cameroon Army deploys ahead of Tuesday protests

All military personnel have been put on alert in Cameroon for four days starting Monday, over fears the Tuesday protests could cause severe public disorder. Members of the government have been quick to criticise the call for protests made by opposition leader Maurice Kamto, labelling his movement as an insurrection, forbidding all demonstrations, menacing any […]

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Senior UN official demands Drareni release

Senior United Nations official Clément Nyaletsossi Voule has called on Algerian authorities to release Khaled Drareni. The journalist has been jailed for two years over his coverage of the country’s pro-democracy movement The Hirak. An arrest for which the legal basis remains questionnable. “We cannot see a legal basis under which we could arrested him. […]

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Burundi: Human rights abuses continues, UN watchdog report

Human rights violations are still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder, a report by a UN watchdog said. Hopes had been pinned on new President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May. He took over from his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, who was in office for 15 years. During his tenure, at least […]

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Burkina Faso faces armed conflict, COVID-19 and floods

Fati Soré is one of the many displaced people in the Sahel, who fled to the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso. She came here with her children from Pensa, a village located some 90 kilometres away. The region is in the grips of armed conflict. “Before, we farmed our land and raised our […]

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Mali: Opposition group says junta’s plan “does not reflect” views of the people

As Mali’s junta tried to hash out a political roadmap with West African leaders in Ghana on Tuesday, the 18-month transition plan agreed by the military just days ago is being contested in Bamako by the popular opposition protest group. “A delegation from the junta went to Accra to negotiate and discuss the fate of […]

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School Back in Session for Children in Tunisia

Back to school for children in Tunisia on September 15, following the approval of the health protocol by the Tunisian scientific committee for the fight against coronavirus — which calls for the application of social distancing between pupils and the mandatory mask-wearing only for teachers and educational staff as children are at less risk of […]

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Ship Carrying One Tonne of Cocaine Busted on New African Drug Route

Busted at the Sea Vast blue waters and open sparkling air. Nothing out of the normal right here barring a Croatian-flagged sailing boat 163 km west of La Palma, the Canary Islands carrying simply underneath a tonne of cocaine organised into 980 1kg packets with an estimated market fee of over 40 million euros. The […]

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Mali: Leaders Discuss 2-year Transition Civilian Government

A proposal to appoint a two-year transitional civilian government, heavily influenced by the military junta is being debated in Mali The proposal, made by junta-appointed experts, has been submitted to about 500 participants from political parties, unions and NGOs, at a three-day conference in the capital Bamako. The talks mark the second round of discussions […]

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Mali Junta Launches ‘Consultation’ Amid Handover Pressure

Mali’s military junta on Thursday launched a three-day “national consultation” with political parties, unions and NGOs, facing questions at home and pressure from abroad over its plans for returning the country to civilian rule. Around 500 people are attending the forum, unfolding at a conference centre in Bamako, the capital. The talks mark the second […]

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Latest film by Ivorian Philippe Lacôte debuts at the Venice Film Festival

The French-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte is back with his second film, The Night of Kings. It tells the story of Roman, a young member of the violent “microbes” gang, who is emprisoned in Abidjan’s famous La Maca jail. Forced by the gang leader, Blackbeard, to tell inmates stories, he picks the tale of the Zama […]

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Ethiopia: PM hails growing COVID-19 testing capacity in the country

The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, commended the country’s growing COVID-19 checking out capability as the quantity of demonstrated instances reached 59,648 as of Monday. Ethiopia’s proven COVID-19 cases reached 59,648 after 976 new cases were registered on Monday, the country’s Ministry of Health said. The ministry said in a statement that 15 extra patients […]

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Uganda converts national stadium into an auxiliary hospital as COVID-19 cases rise

In the light of the fast-growing COVID-19 incidents, Ugandan health ministry has transformed parts of Namboole National Stadium to into an auxiliary hospital to cater for the rapidly increasing numbers. The health ministry opened a treatment center situated in Wakiso ‘s central Ugandan province, about 15 km east of Kampala, the capital. The facility begins […]

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IBK leaves Bamako as Junta talks continue

The former president of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, left Bamako on Saturday evening for treatment in the United Arab Emirates, more than two weeks after his removal by a military junta in in the capital. According to his doctors, Ibk had suffered a minor stroke, he was hospitalized Tuesday in a clinic in Bamako and […]

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Kenya pledges to enhance conservation of vultures

Kenya will earmark sufficient resources to promote conservation of vultures amid threat of extinction linked to habitat destruction and retaliatory poisoning by herders, officials said on Saturday at an event to mark International Vulture Awareness Day. Minister for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala, , said that protecting vultures and other birds of prey from myriad […]