Thiès, Senegal – AFP After cutting away the loose woollen threads from his loom, 28-year-old Senegalese weaver Seydina Oumar Cisse turns the roll to watch the tapestry gradually take shape before his eyes. Everything from the colours to the design is identical to the original work created by Senegalese artist Cheikh Diouf. “It̵...
A report by Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz has alleged that the Biden administration is suppressing intelligence regarding U.S. military relations with Niger. Gaetz has claimed U.S. troops in Niger are stranded without essential support like medicine and mail. Last month, Niger’s ruling junta denounced the U.S. and announced ending the co...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until Apri...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN’s special envoy for Libya has resigned, saying the world body could not successfully support the country’s political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution. “I tendered my resignation to the Secretary General,” Senegalese diplomat A...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced sanctions against three businesses over “funding the military groups behind the conflict in Sudan.” The newly imposed measures include asset freezes on companies associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), curtailing their financial capabi...
Chittagong, Bangladesh – AFP Somali pirates freed a Bangladesh-flagged cargo vessel and its 23 crew early Sunday after sackloads of US dollars were air-dropped to them in ransom, the company and relatives said. The bulk carrier MV Abdullah was transporting more than 55,000 tonnes of coal from Maputo to the United Arab Emirates when it [&...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities. A statement by Mali’s high authority for communication called on “all media (radio, television, written press and online) to halt broadcast and publication of the activities of political parties and the ac...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least six Nigerien soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion near the border with Mali, Niger’s army has said. An army patrol vehicle “returning from Inates in the western region of Tillaberi hit an improvised explosive device” earlier this week near the village of Tingara, the Defense Ministry sai...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The bodies of 38 migrants have been recovered after a shipwreck off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday. In a brief statement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that there were 22 survivors and that at least six missing […]
