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There are fears of a possible jailbreak in some prison facilities in Liberia as inmates keep starving due to the shortage of food. Sources within the Monrovia Central Prison for instance say the facility went short of food since December 8. According to prison officials, the situation has caused two prisons, including the main Monrovia Central Prison; to shut temporarily… Read More

Morocco and China have enhanced their cooperation as they signed on Wednesday the joint Belt and Road implementation plan. Nasser Bourita the Moroccan minister of Foreign Affair and the Ning Jizhe Vice-Chairman of the Chinese National Commission for Reform and Development signed the joint belt and road implementation plan, on Wednesday. Launched in 2013 under the name One Belt, One… Read More

Former Nigerian president and ECOWAS mediator, Goodluck Jonathan, met on Wednesday with members of the military junta that has ruled Mali since toppling its elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in August 2020. The meeting took place as the bloc meets on Sunday to discuss the return to civilian rule. “There were (at the conference) at least 85,000 representatives of the… Read More

Senegal’s national football team was forced to delay its flight to Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which gets under way on Sunday, as their preparations for the tournament suffered a further blow after three more players and six members of the backroom staff tested positive for coronavirus. The Senegalese football federation named the players on Wednesday as… Read More

A Nigerien Mayor and his driver have been arrested by the police for attempting to smuggle 214 kilos of cocaine to Libya. The Central Office for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCRTIS) said Wednesday. The drugs seized on Sunday, as well as the arrested mayor and driver and their vehicle, were presented to the press in Niamey where they… Read More

The Congolese army announced on Wednesday that it had lost two soldiers and killed 18 militiamen during clashes in the eastern highlands of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Army representative, Major Dieudonne Kasereka told AFP on Tuesday morning that “A unit sent to reinforce the army was ambushed by militiamen from the Makanika-Twigwaneho coalition near the village of Kagogo in… Read More

According to a report published on Wednesday by the NGO Human Rights Watch, Ethiopian authorities have arbitrarily detained and mistreated thousands of ethnic Tigrayans recently deported from Saudi Arabia. In a report, made public on Wednesday, January 5, Human rights Watch states Ethiopian authorities have unlawfully detained and mistreated thousands of Tigrayans recently deported from Saudi Arabia. Before joining the… Read More

Burundian troops have allegedly been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Witnesses from the town of Lemera which is located in the province of South Kivu claim burundian forces entered illegaly into the Congolese region last December. According to Lemera area’s chief who spoke to the AFP, Burundian soldiers were chasing the Red-Tabara, a Burundian rebel group which is… Read More

The deputy chairman of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party who was arrested on Friday and later accused of “terrorism” started a hunger strike despite medical conditions. On Wednesday, Noureddine Bhiri’s supporters said he was in critical condition. Tunisia’s former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri is fighting for his life according to a support group. The deputy chairman of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party… Read More

The West African states’ envoy travelled to Bamako on Wednesday to deliver a message from the region’s leaders to Mali’s strongman, Colonel Assimi Goita, four days before a high-risk summit in the crisis-hit country. Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in the Malian capital ahead of a meeting of West African heads of state in Accra on Sunday. They will… Read More