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Togo extends end of general census to November 16

Togo has extended the general census to November 16. Initially scheduled to end this Saturday, November 12, the government extended the fifth general population and housing census to consolidate the results already obtained, and also to allow the populations still…

Chad deploys additional 600 troops to Lake Chad Region

Chad’s transitional President Mahamat Idriss Déby has announced the deployment of 600 additional troops to Lake Chad. On a working visit on Saturday, to Baga-sola in Lake Chad, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, announced that the additional deployment would complement the…

Cape Verde creates defense reforms commission

In Cape Verde, the government has created a commission to better formulate strategic concepts of defense and reforms in the Armed Forces. The Minister of the Sea, Abraham Vicente, announced this on Sunday in Mindelo. Imoh Edet reports

France formally ends operation Barkhane in the Sahel

President Emmanuel Macron of France has formally ended France's decade-long operation to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel code named “Operation Barkhane”. In a major speech at a naval base in Toulon, he said some French troops would remain in…

Burkina Faso Prime Minister reshuffles cabinet

The Burkinabe , Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela has replaced key officials of his cabinet in a major reshuffle on Wednesday. Some of the ministers affected include the Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises…