Guinea’s former premier and leading opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo on Sunday announced his plans to run in next month’s election against President Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. Conde filed his nomination papers on Thursday despite outrage and widespread protests in which dozens have been killed. The 82-year-old, nearing the end…
Clashes between police and protesters erupted on Thursday in Conakry, after Guinean President Alpha Conde filed papers before the Constitutional Court to run for a third term in October’s elections. Police used tear gas against demonstrators in another part of the city, who were protesting the candidacy of Conde and the killing of a 21-year-old…
Panic is in the air in Tunisia’s south eastern province of Gabes as coronavirus cases in one of its agricultural town Elhamma is on the rise. Gabes province, and especially the town of El Hamma, some 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of the capital Tunis, has become one of the country’s virus epicentres. Tunisia had…
Army says accidental killing happened after bus did not slow down despite warnings – but bus operator disputes this. France’s army command in Mali has said French troops killed a civilian and wounded two others after a bus did not slow down in a volatile area despite their visual warnings and warning shots. This version…
Experts warn fragile healthcare systems in many nations could be overwhelmed in the face of a severe COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. As of September 1, the confirmed coronavirus death toll on the continent stood at 29,833, with deaths including the former…
US singer Akon has laid the first stone of a new green and futuristic city in Senegal, which will be named after him ‘Akon city’. The RnB artist, who has Senegalese roots and was born in the United States, says a big part of the project is to help African-Americans who don’t understand their culture.…
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The Egyptian army said the operations targeted alleged “homes of terrorists” and “takfiri elements” leading to “the deaths of 73 takfiris in northern Sinai” between July 22 and August 30. Egypt’s army announced Sunday that more than 70 alleged jihadists have been killed in recent military operations in North Sinai, the location of an insurrection…
Ousted president no longer interested in power Coupists seek lifting of sanctions Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has demanded the installation of an interim government in Mali to be headed by a civilian or retired military officer for a maximum duration of one year. Giving President Muhammadu Buhari…
Several districts of Niger’s capital Niamey were flooded on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused the Niger River to break its banks. Homes, rice fields and market gardens were destroyed. Almost all of Niamey’s one point five million inhabitants live on the banks of the river. “All of these people from the lowlands have taken refuge…