Burkina Faso scrapped a 1961 agreement on military assistance with France, a move that comes only weeks after it told the French ambassador and troops supporting its anti-jihadist campaign to exit the country. According to a correspondence, dated Tuesday (Feb. 28) and consulted by the AFP on Wednesday, the Burkinabe foreign ministry adressing Paris “denounced the technical military assistance agreement reached in… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday carried his African tour aimed at renewing frayed ties to the Republic of Congo after inking an economic accord with Angola. Macron landed in the Congolese capital Brazzaville just before 5 pm (1600 GMT), on the third leg of his voyage after visiting Angola and Gabon. He met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Brazzaville… Read More

As burgeoning populations encroach on wildlife habitats, the conflicts between humans and animals increase. While the world is interested in preserving endangered species they don’t share the burden of paying for it according to a study published by the University of Queensland and Griffith University in Australia. The research assessed 133 countries where 18 different carnivores ranged and found farmers… Read More

The French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo that in the grip of a rebellion in its eastern part, warning it must not become “the spoils of war” “Faced with a history whose number of victims is equivalent to that of the world wars we have lived through, France does not claim, I do not claim,… Read More

More than 3,000 people demonstrated against Tunisia’s government on Saturday at a rally organised by the powerful UGTT trade union, which called on President Kaid Saied to accept “dialogue”. Saied has pushed through sweeping changes to the political system in the sole democracy to have emerged from the Arab Spring uprisings, concentrating near-total power in his office since he froze… Read More

Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade last month. In his February 21 speech, Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal plot” was underway “to change Tunisia’s demographic makeup”.… Read More