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Burkina Faso’s government resigned Wednesday night after several protests by the population denouncing its inability to fight recurrent jihadist attacks that plague the West African country every week. Christophe Joseph Dabiré, Burkina’s Prime Minister, submitted a letter of resignation to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Wednesday, who accepted it. “It is put an end to the functions of Prime… Read More

Sandstorms and harsh weather are affecting parts of Egypt, bringing down visibility in Cairo where a grey cloud of dust blocked out the sky. The wind speed over the Mediterranean reached around 50-65 km/h and waves reached a height of 4 to 5 metres, according to state-run Ahram Online site. The bad weather forced the closure of schools on Wednesday… Read More

The seventh edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa came to a climax in Senegal on Tuesday. The forum had witnessed several meetings and debates among experts and authorities with the aim of finding solutions to the violence caused by terrorism and conflicts in the region, as well as finding solutions to the crisis caused… Read More

The new military regime of Mamadou Doumbouya on Tuesday December 7, dismissed Laounceny Kaba, who had headed the Central Bank of Guinea for ten years, as well as the two deputy governors. Three new officials were appointed. After creating a Court of Repression of Economic and Financial Offences (CRIEF), Mamadou Doumbouya’s junta is cleaning up at the head of the… Read More

People in Uganda queued up outside vaccination centers in the capital Kampala on Wednesday, a day after the country confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The virus was detected in seven travellers from South Africa and Nigeria who arrived at Entebbe International Airport on November 29 and are currently in isolation. Those affected were said to… Read More

Sudan’s top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has warned against any foreign interference in the country’s internal affairs during a speech after he attended the conclusion of a military exercise in the Maaqil area in the northern Nile River State. “We are all watching the political scene and unfortunately see that a number of diplomatic envoys are circulating amongst citizens and… Read More

Yes, the Dowen College in Lagos has been closed, but the school will not be allowed to enjoy the silence of empty classrooms, as some concerned women hold a protest to express their grief over the death of a former student, late Sylvester Oromoni who lost his life after allegedly being bullied by senior students of the school. The protestors… Read More

The Congolese army and the UN force in the DRC (Monusco) on Tuesday agreed on a framework for joint operations against the more than 100 armed groups that have been active in the east of the country for nearly three decades. The two parties signed an agreement in Kinshasa. The agreement document, entitled “Guidelines for Joint Operations”, was signed at… Read More

In South Africa’s largest city Soweto, the latest group of people who have joined the covid 19-vaccination campaign are undertakers. Owner of Vuyo’s Funeral Services, Vuyo Mabindisa threw more light on the rationale behind their involvement in the campaign. “So what we want to achieve is at least 90% of the people in Soweto to vaccinate. We are back to… Read More

The United States returned a collection of over 900 stolen artefacts to Mali at a ceremony held in the West African nation’s capital on Tuesday. The 921 looted archaeological and ethnographic objects arrived in Mali last week. They had been illegally trafficked in the U.S. but were previously listed as replicas. Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the U.S.… Read More