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Residents of Bankass in central Mali have removed the blockage on the main road connecting the town to other parts of the country. The Bankass residents had been protesting against insecurity in the area. Attacks and kidnappings of civilians have…
Cote d’Ivoire and Japan are working together to fine-tune all the necessary arrangements ahead of an Africa-Japan Economic Forum to be held in Abidjan. The details were discussed on Tuesday when President Alassane Ouattara received Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs…
A Federal High Court in Abuja – Nigeria’s capital has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an interim order to freeze 1,146 bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies. This decision followed claims by the anti-graft agency that…
A security analyst has described as detrimental to the country’s fight against the proliferation of small arms, after a United States Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, was found guilty by a federal jury on multiple charges related to smuggling of…
The Economic Community of West African States has launched a national platform to enhance the free movement of citizens in the ECOWAS basin. Speaking during the launching exercise, ECOWAS Resident Representative Josephine Nkrumah said the exercise will support regional efforts…
Chief Justices from West Africa converge on Banjul for the ECOWAS Chief Justices Judicial Council Meeting. The three-day meeting which began on Monday, brings together judicial chiefs and will enable discussion around common challenges facing the administration of justice in…
Senegalese Head of State Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Guinea Bissau today, Tuesday on a friendly working visit. In a press release, the Government Information Office points out that this trip follows on from the President’s first trips to…
In Mali, Abdel Kader Maïga, a close associate and advisor to Prime Minister Choguel Maïga, was sentenced yesterday, Monday, to 2 years in prison, 1 of which was unsuspended. He was found guilty of public insults and defamation following remarks…
In Niger, lawyers of deposed president Mouhamed Bazoum are calling on the State Court not to issue its ruling on May 10. While the court is due to rule in about ten days on whether to lift Bazoum’s immunity in…
Reporters Without Borders has denounced the suspension of about nine international media channels in Burkina Faso by the military authority. The High Council for Communication (CSC) accuses them of having covered the Human Rights Watch report on the massacre of…
The Ivorian Armed Forces is benefitting from a fifteen million euro European Union assistance. The fund adopted by the EU Council on Monday is meant to strengthen its military support and fight against terrorism in Cote d’Ivoire. As Augustine Kollie…
Heads of Units of Interpol in Africa are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to share knowledge and best practices for tackling cybercrime. Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco and Mauritius are said to be top on the list of countries facing threats of…
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