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Mali and Burkina Faso have reaffirmed their commitment to a strong and lasting alliance between the two countries. This follows the visit by Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, to Ougadougou where he and his delegation held meetings with his counterpart, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, and government ministers. The busy schedule included the delegations discussing security and the fight against terrorism,… Read More

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri will visit Syria and Turkey on Monday, two countries with which Cairo had been on diplomatic ice for a decade before a recent warming, his office said Sunday. This visit “is a message of solidarity from Egypt with these two brotherly countries after the earthquake” of February 6 that killed nearly 46,000 people in Turkey… Read More

The Algerian president received on Sunday former Malian rebels who had signed an important peace agreement signed in 2015 under the aegis of Algiers, who said they were seeking to break the “impasse” and the “status quo” in full access of tension with the authorities of Bamako. Algeria, which shares some 1,400 km of borders with its southern neighbour, took… Read More

Egypt’s foreign minister met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday in what is the first visit by a top Egyptian envoy to Syria since its civil war began in 2011. A significant indicator of healing relations between President Bashar al-Assad and Arab countries. Assad has benefited from an outpouring of Arab support since devastating earthquakes hit his country and neighbouring Turkey… Read More

In most cultures, acorns are thought of merely as feed for pigs, or a squirrel’s favourite food. However, they are a highly nutritious, and delicious, ingredient which nature makes available to us at zero cost. As with many other wild ingredients, knowing how to cook with them can help us get through times of scarcity. In this special episode, we… Read More

As Nigerians prepare to vote the mood on the street is one of pessimism that the country’s many problems will ever be resolved. But there’s also a small amount of hope that this could be a watershed election and signal a make-or-break moment in its modern history. We heard the views of a bus conductor and two of the buses’… Read More

Nigerians chose Saturday (Feb. 25) a successor to President Buhari among 18 candidates. Vying for the top office for the sixth time, Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the main opposition party the People’s Democratic party cast his ballot in Yola, eastern Nigeria. “I expect that this is a more credible process than previous ones, and I think it’s good that we’re improving… Read More

The West African nation Communications Commission (NCC) says as of December 2022, the number of active mobile subscribers in the country reached 222.571 million, while internet subscribers exceeded 154.8m. A study by the Centre for Democracy and Development shows that the number of active social media users in Nigeria has risen from 27 million in 2019, to 36 million. These… Read More

**The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday (Feb. 25) in Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond entertainment and seeks to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance: In years of political strife and Islamic extremist attacks, which killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million in the West African country, it’s never been cancelled.** “We only have FESPACO left to prevent us from thinking… Read More

When casting their ballot for the general elections Saturday (Feb. 25), Nigerians considered key issues such as: the high cost of living, corruption and insecurity. Internally displaced people voting at the Malkohi camp in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, looked forward to a positive transformation of the country. Grave security problems plague the nation (violent jihadist insurgency in the north-east, separatist tensions… Read More