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A Moroccan diplomatic source said Friday that two Moroccan cyclists have been missing for several days on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger. The two men, Abderrahmane Serhani (65) and Driss Fatihi (37), have not been heard from since they entered Burkina Faso from Côte d’Ivoire and headed across the border to Niger, the source said. They had left… Read More

Mali and its neighbor Algeria on Thursday (Apr. 27) said they wished to revive a 2015 peace deal between Bamako and northern Malian rebels that is more fragile than ever and raises fears of renewed violence. In a joint statement on Thursday, Mali and Algeria said they wanted to relaunch the deal knon as the Algiers Accords. “We have carried… Read More

Return of censorship or not in Tunisia? Saturday at the International Book Fair in Tunis, opinions diverge in the aftermath of the withdrawal of an essay criticizing the president Kais Saied and the closure of the stand of his publishing house. The publisher of the book “The Tunisian Frankenstein”, illustrated by a caricature of Mr. Saied, has reopened its stand… Read More

More than a thousand people gathered Saturday morning in Mamoudzou to renew their support for the security operation “Wuambushu” conducted by the authorities on the island of Mayotte and demand a halt to crime and illegal immigration. “The citizen mobilization is important, it supports the action of elected officials who called this operation to claim our security and our freedom,”… Read More

Following an anxious wait for their families in the arrivals hall of Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport, more than fifty South African citizens return home after being evacuated from Sudan following clashes between two rival generals. A ministerial delegation headed by South Africa’s international relations minister Naledi Pandor is there to greet them. “It was traumatic… it feels good to be… Read More

The door is open”: in northern Sudan, edlerly woman shares bread with displaced people. “The door of our house is open, we will welcome any guest who comes to us”: local resident Naamat Jabal Sayyid Hasan, 75, bakes bread in a mud hut as she does daily to offer to people fleeing war-torn Sudan passing through the northern town of… Read More

Port Sudan has become a focus for foreign nationals hoping to escape the violence by sea — with passenger ships making crossings to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. But despite the huge numbers trying to get out, there are some who are making their way back to the war torn country so they can be with their families. One passenger said:… Read More

Around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a jihadist “war” in northern Togo, President Faure Gnassingbe has said, in a ground-breaking interview. The small West African nation, along with neighbouring Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast, is increasingly facing threats of a jihadist spillover from Burkina Faso and Mali. “We have paid a heavy price, especially our defence… Read More

On this episode, Jerry Fisayo Bambi and the Inspire Africa team bring you positively impacting stories in sports and education. First, we go to Burkina Faso to see the self-defense training program of Gloria Guissou Kabré, a well-decorated sportswoman in the country. Guissou Kabre having distinguished herself in Karate, a martial art is now offering training self-defense training to women… Read More

As the fighting between Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters its third week, more people try to leave the country. Explosions and heavy arms have been heard in the capital Khartoum even after the parties agreed to expand a cease-fire of another three days. Since the beginning of this violent part on the conflict more than 400 civilians… Read More