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The local transition monitoring committee, made up of ECOWAS, the African Union and MINUSMA, with members of the international community, expresses its deep concern at the situation in Mali marked by the arrest of the President of the transition, the…
The UN mission in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, after reports that they were detained by soldiers. In a tweet (in French), the Minusma mission also called for calm in the…
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Last year many African countries used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to suppress civil rights, sparking protests across the continent. That’s the conclusion of the State of Civil Society Report 2021, published today by the global civil society alliance…
The World Bank has said Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa declined by an estimated 12.5 per cent in 2020 to $42 billion. The decline was “almost entirely due to a 27.7 per cent decline in remittance flows to Nigeria, which alone…
Ghana’s Presidency has issued a letter warning some ministers, members of parliament, and chief executives of government institutions against using sirens and bells to evade traffic. The directive follows an earlier order in December 2017, against the abuse of sirens…
Nigeria’s central bank has devalued the naira by 7.6% against the dollar. This comes as authorities in Africa’s biggest oil producer migrate toward a single exchange-rate system for the local currency. According to data on its website on Tuesday, the…