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French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian welcomes his Nigerien counterpart, Hassoumi Massoudou, to Paris after the postponement of a meeting between the EU and the G5 Sahel countries due to the coup in Burkina Faso. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday the military junta in Mali is “illegitimate and takes irresponsible measures” after the West African country’s… Read More

There is no doubt that social media is changing the political landscape in Africa, with more politicians using the micro platforms to mobilise and grow their constituents. For most constituents, easy access to social media has come in handy for them to hold political leaders accountable and also to push a political agenda. Ghana’s #FixtheCountry campaign and South Africa’s #ZumaMustFall… Read More

Chad’s junta announced Thursday that a national forum designed to chart the country’s future after it seized power a military takeover last year would be postponed by nearly three months. An “inclusive national dialogue” that the putschists had declared on New Year’s Eve would start on February 15 “is postponed until May 10,” the presidency said on Facebook, without giving… Read More

The leader of Burkina Faso’s new military junta called for international support in his first major public intervention Thursday on the eve of a regional summit that could seek to sanction Ouagadougou. “Burkina Faso more than ever needs its international partners,” Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba said in televised comments days after leading the overthrow of president Roch Marc Christian Kabore. “I… Read More

Thousands have abandoned their homes, their crops and their belongings: driven out by deadly jihadist attacks, more than 6,000 people have left southern Burkina Faso in recent months, walking to Ivory Coast to find refuge and start again from nothing. Near the border, at the edge of the village of Tougbo, a dozen makeshift tents with corrugated iron roofs are… Read More

The main opposition leader in Zimbabwe, Nelson Chamisa, feels optimistic about winning next year’s presidential elections. Chamisa narrowly lost the general elections in 2018 to Emerson Mnangagwa in what he denounced as a stolen vote. “They know that we constitute an alternative, they know that we defeated them in 2018. And we’re about to repeat that. Not just in the… Read More

Political activist Ramy Shaath denounced Egypt as a “banana republic of fear”. The Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrived in France on the 8th of January after more than 900 days in prison. In an interview to the French press the activist denounced the systematic persecution of critical voices under the government of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. “Then they took me to a… Read More

The African continent is on course to reach the vaccination target of at least 70% of its population by the end of 2022, according to the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Africa CDC. Current figures suggest that 11% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people are fully vaccinated. The public health official said he was encouraged… Read More

Francis Ngannou is still the UFC heavyweight world champion. The Cameroonian beat Frenchman Cyril Gane on January 22 in California to defend his world title in the prestigious mixed martial arts league. “I was the champion, I am the champion, I remain the champion. Whatever you say, at the end of the day, I’m the boss, I proved it tonight,”… Read More

Last updated: 44 minutes ago After decades of civil war, landmines and unexploded bombs still contaminate large tracts of South Sudan’s landscape, threatening the lives and livelihoods of its residents. In the village of Gondokoro, a few kilometres from the capital Juba, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) removes explosive remnants of war. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More