The former Chadian president, Hissène Habré, died on Tuesday 24 August of Covid-19 at the age of 79.  He had been admitted to an emergency hospital in Dakar (Senegal) following complications related to diabetes and hypertension, according to media sources.…

In the Kayes region of Mali, authorities are attempting community dialogue to end the phenomenon of descent-based slavery. The governor of the region facilitated a meeting to move towards abandoning the practice, which is a traditional heritage in some families.…

In Nigeria, the police said Thursday that gunmen abducted nine students on their way home from an Islamic school in the country’s northwest, two days after a mass school abduction took place in a neighboring state. The students were kidnapped…

Mali's armed forces say eleven soldiers were killed and 10 others were wounded in an ambush on a military convoy in central Mali on Thursday. The military says a car bomb exploded when the convoy passed, followed by heavy gunfire.…

Thousands of Afghans remain desperate in attempts to flee the country as they que at the Kabul international airport. Recall, The Taliban forces took over power on August 15 forcing President Ashraf Ghani to flee. A Nato official told Reuters…