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The head of the UN mission in Mali condemned an attack by extremists last Friday that resulted in almost 30 dead amongst the Malian soldiers. According to a statement from the Malian army the extremists killed 27 soldiers and left 33 wounded. For local residents, the attack against the Mondoro camp was predictable. “What happened in Mondoro is sad, but… Read More

The new head of state of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba, announced a new government on Saturday saying it will lead the country during a three-year transition period. The new executive consists of 25 ministers including six women. The new transitional leader took power at the end of January after overthrowing elected president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré accused of ineffectiveness in… Read More

If I had to do it again, I would do it again,” said a young Sudanese man without hesitation, two days after taking part in the largest attempt at forced passage in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the land border with the European Union, in northeast Morocco. “After three months spent in a forest living in inhumane conditions, I decided… Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic has continued its strong decline in the world this week, with contaminations decelerating everywhere except in Asia and Oceania. Here are the most important weekly developments, taken from an AFP database. As an important indicator, the number of diagnosed cases only reflects a fraction of the real number of contaminations and comparisons between countries should be taken… Read More

The Equatorial Guinean authorities have compensated 84 families of victims of the explosions of March 7, 2021 in a military camp in Bata that had killed 107 people and injured 615, announced Saturday the state television. On March 7, 2021, four explosions had literally devastated the Nkoa-Ntoma camp in Bata, the economic capital, and many neighboring residential areas after a… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago Injured residents and servicemen have been pouring into a hospital in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where Russian shelling has been frequent. Svyatoslav Borodin, an injured Ukrainian soldier, was being looked after by doctors after surviving an explosion. Some of his comrades died. Shells have been falling in the snow-covered town, devastating local… Read More

A hundred people participated Saturday in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, in a demonstration in support of Russia in its offensive against Ukraine, noted a journalist from AFP. The demonstrators gathered at the foot of a statue, inaugurated in late 2021 by President Faustin Archange Touadéra, representing Russian fighters protecting a woman and her children. Many waved Russian… Read More

Last updated: 52 minutes ago Around a thousand Ukrainians have been streaming over the border into south-eastern Romania every day, according to aid workers. Volunteers have been on hand to help them at the river Danube border crossing at Isaccea. Meanwhile in Suceava county in northern Romania around 9,500 crossed the border in the last 24 hours up until Saturday… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Refugees entering Poland from Ukraine had a pleasant surprise Friday when an Italian pianist showed up to welcome them at the Medyka border crossing. The pianist, Davide Martello, said he wanted to offer the refugees some musical relief from the war they are fleeing. “They leave the bombs behind and they go to the music,”… Read More

Thousands of Sufi Muslim pilgrims gathered in Dakar on Friday for the first time 2019 without restrictions related to Covid-19. The followers of the Layene Sufi Muslim brotherhood, dressed in long white cotton robes, met in the Camberene district in the northeast of the city, one of their strongholds. Men on one side, women on the other, they sang their… Read More