N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): Chad’s ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has said that a “government of national union” would be created in the coming days to steer the course toward new elections following a forum on the country’s future. The government “will put its heart and soul into ensuring that the will of the Ch...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): The Algerian and French prime ministers have hailed a “new dynamic” as they launched a joint economic forum during a visit to Algiers by France’s Elisabeth Borne. Borne’s two-day trip to the former French colony and major gas exporter comes just weeks after President Emmanuel Macron concluded his...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) -Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, has been named the nation’s transition president and will govern for a non-renewable two years transition period until elections. The announcement was made at the conclusion of a National Sovereign Inclusive Dialogue which was launched Aug. 20. At a ceremony in the capital,...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – The death toll from a boat accident in southeastern Nigeria has risen to 76, officials said Sunday. A vessel with 85 people capsized due to heavy flooding in Ogbaru, an area in the state of Anambra, on Friday. Garba Shehu, a spokesman for Nigeria’s president, said authorities have confirmed the death […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The foreign ministers of Egypt and Greece held talks in Cairo on Sunday to discuss ways of boosting their bilateral relations. According to Egypt’s state news agency MENA, the top diplomats exchanged views on regional and international issues of mutual concern. “Egypt’s relations with Greece have become strategic in the full se...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced Sunday that his country has signed 11 cooperation agreements with France in various fields. Speaking at a press conference following the 5th session of the Algerian-French High Level Intergovernmental Committee in the capital Algiers, Tebboune said the agreements c...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has renewed its call for rallying efforts to confront what it calls “coup” in the North African country. “The existing authority headed by [President] Kais Saied is responsible for spoiling political life and turning the economic crisis into a catastrophe that threatens the people’s ...
Paris, France (AFP): Burkina Faso’s new rulers say they seized power to better fight insurgents, but history in the Sahel suggests the coup will merely stoke turbulence and division, analysts say. The poor, arid region has been wracked by insurgency since 2012. It began in northern Mali then in 2015 spread to its centre and […]
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The US envoy to the UN has accused the Russia-backed Wagner Group of exploiting natural resources in African countries to help fund Moscow’s wars in Ukraine and elsewhere. ”One of the most immediate and growing concerns in Africa is the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group’s strategy of exploiting the natural resources...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Just a week ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown person, even in his native Burkina Faso. But in the space of a weekend, he catapulted himself from army captain to the world’s youngest leader — an ascent that has stoked hopes but also fears for a poor and chronically troubled […]
