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Three-day ECOWAS Hydromet Forum underway in Banjul

A three-day ECOWAS Hydromet Forum is underway in the Gambian capital Banjul. The forum which started on Tuesday is the second of its kind, organised by the ECOWAS Commission. The meeting is convened under ECOWAS in partnership with the Gambia…

World Malaria Day: MSF, others to hold concert

Médecins Sans Frontières, in partnership with Speak Up Africa and CANAL+, is organizing a concert to be broadcast on Canal+ channels in Africa and online on April 24, 2021, the day before World Malaria Day. Every year, more than 400,000…

Dozens killed in central Mali jihadist-hunter clashes

About 40 people have been killed in recent clashes between jihadists and traditional hunters, the government of central Mali’s Mopti region said Monday, with the fighting displacing around 1,000 people.  The war-torn region’s government said in a statement that clashes…

Mauritania to resume trial of ex-president

The investigating judge in charge of financial crimes in Nouakchott decided to resume, this week, the interrogation of the former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, accused of corruption, embezzlement of public funds and illicit enrichment.  According to Al Quds…

Chad criticized over rights violation

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Chadian League for Human Rights (LTDH) condemn the violent repression of the sit-in of the Collective of Professional Laureates in Education pending integration. The incident occurred on Wednesday April 14, before…