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Drug trafficking continues to thrive in the Sahel thanks to non-state armed groups which are very active there, indicates the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in its 2023 report published Monday in Niamey. According to the UNODC report, the quantities of cocaine seized in the Sahel – Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad – jumped last… Read More

Kenyan President William Ruto has enacted a contentious new finance bill which will see the introduction of new taxes, amidst fierce criticism from the opposition and public. Announced by the presidency on Monday, the bill will see an increase in VAT on fuel from 8% to 16%, as well as an unpopular payroll levy to finance a low-cost housing program. Initially… Read More

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims moved through the Saudi Arabian valley of Mina to Mount Arafat at dawn on Tuesday for a crucial day of the Hajj – to engage in supplication and seeking forgiveness, as well as listening to sermons. The intense day of worship considered to be the climax of the annual Hajj takes place at the site… Read More

The president of the transition of Burkina Faso proceeded Sunday to a partial reshuffle of the government, which counts the departure of four ministers, including those in charge of Security and Justice, indicated the secretary general of the government. During this reshuffle, “We have four departures”, declared Jacques Sosthène Dingara, reading a decree on public television. He notably announced the… Read More

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday’s first round of voting. The incumbent’s 1,067,666 votes put him well ahead… Read More

A fashion show in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo hopes to inspire peace and creativity in a conflict-ridden region. -A longing for peace- Sewing the threads of hope. In her Goma workshop, stylist Flore Mfuanani Nsukula is putting the final touches to her latest collection. “We want peace to be restored in our country, especially in North Kivu,” she… Read More

The paramilitary group Wagner will continue to operate in Mali and the Central African Republic, the head of Russian diplomacy assured us on Monday, adding that the organization’s rebellion in Russia will not affect relations between Moscow and its allies. Wagner members are working in Mali and the Central African Republic “as instructors. This work will of course continue”, said… Read More

The Sudanese army finds itself in difficulty on several fronts on Monday: in Khartoum, the paramilitaries have stolen the police headquarters and its arsenal from it and in the south which borders Ethiopia, a rebel group is opening a new front against it. Sunday evening, after two and a half months of war against the army led by General Abdel… Read More

Police in Sierra Leone fired tear gas at the main opposition party’s headquarters on Sunday evening, officials from the opposition said, as voters awaited the results of a fiercely fought general election. Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara said on Twitter that live bullets had also been fired at his office inside the party headquarters in the… Read More

The 2023 BET Awards are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends, and new talent during a performance-packed show that consistently felt like a party. Busta Rhymes took home the Lifetime Achievement Award with a star-studded tribute performance. A masked Lil Uzi Vert opened the show at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater before it… Read More