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Cape Verdean police said Wednesday evening it had seized more than five tonnes of cocaine at sea on board a fishing boat from Brazil, with the help of American agents. It also arrested 5 Brazilians and 2 Montenegrins. This is one of the largest drug seizures the Cape Verdean police makes. They said Wednesday evening they had intercepted a Brazlian… Read More

28 years ago, the civil war in Rwanda erupted. A conflict that caused the death of more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in just 100 days. This year, the African Union chose the theme ‘Remember-Unite-Renew’ and reaffirmed its commitment to prevent and fight genocide on the Continent. On April 7, the president of Rwanda Paul Kagame, lit the remembrance… Read More

In a statement published late Wednesday, the Malian military prosecutor announced an investigation had been opened to shed light on the Moura operation. The intervention allegedly cost the lives of hundreds of civilians in addition to the more than 200 Islamists the military has so far acknowledged killing. Nearly a week after the end of a military operation in Moura,… Read More

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is set to meet with Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Thursday during a two-day visit to Rabat that seeks to mark an easing of diplomatic tensions centered on Morocco’s disputed region of Western Sahara. The King will invite Sánchez and his family to share in the Iftar meal to break the day’s fast during the… Read More

Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated on Wednesday against the government in several parts of the country. The protesters marched against last October’s coup of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane that plunged the country in a serious political and economical crisis. In the capital, Khartoum, the security forces fired tear gas against the demonstrators. April 6 marks the anniversary of two revolts (1985… Read More

Supporters and members of a committee that honours the memory of Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, gathered at the monument built at the place of his 1987 assassination following a military trial that convicted several accused, including ex-president Blaise Compaoré, to life in prison. “It restores something at a global level and I think that all the people of… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago Thousands of people demonstrated across Sudan against the military rule on Wednesday, the anniversary of the popular uprising against autocrat Omar al-Bashir three years ago. Security forces fired tear gas at protesters in the capital Khartoum, its twin city Omdurman, and Wad Madani in the south of the country. Sudan is in the grip of… Read More

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Prime Minister of Guinea until the military coup of 2021, and three former ministers of deposed President Alpha Conde were charged Wednesday with “embezzlement” of alleged public funds and jailed in Conakry, one of their lawyers told AFP. “They have been charged with embezzlement of public funds and sent to prison,” said Salifou Béavogui, head of a… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied has outlined new changes in parliamentary voting in elections expected to be held in December. On Wednesday, Saied said the voting will take place in two rounds, and people will vote for individuals rather than lists as in previous elections. His new comments come days after days after he dissolved parliament and may suggest that he… Read More

Through his art, the artist Jaeraymie, is reinventing the life of French politicians on election posters. With the country’s presidential election swiftly approaching, Jeremy’s work has been focusing on the candidates. In his city, Paris no one is spared. Not even the actual French leader Emmanuel Maron who can bee seen on this poster with a black eye and a… Read More