African countries want to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines. G7 nations’ patent protections...
By Nosmot Gbadamosi
At the G7 summit last week in Cornwall, southwest England, Western countries announced a plan to vaccinate the rest of the world...
Niger: the opposition takes a stance after the extension of the...
In a press release issued on Wednesday August 16, the political opposition gathered under the denomination of the Front for the Restoration of Democracy...
Ivorian start-ups say they’re left out of the Covid-19 response fund
By Ahmed Coulibaly
After the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire in May 2020, the Ivorian authorities set up multiple funds to help...
Mali : the government maintains elections on December 17
Unless a big surprise, Malians will go to the polls on December 17 to elect circle councilors and regional councilors. The mandates of those...
Niger state armed vigilante groups to fight insecurity. Will it work?
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
LAPAI TOWN, Nigeria — On January 17th, 2021, at around 2 am, gunmen suspected to be members of a yet unidentified...
Emmanuel Macron to Gao : « My wish is to build...
The newly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron, visited this Friday, May 19, the French forces of Operation Barkhane in Gao in northern Mali. He...
Facebook uncovers a French military disinformation campaign targeting Mali
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had dismantled a French military disinformation campaign targeting Mali, Central African Republic and other countries, as well as...
Nigeria’s best hope for peace is a president from the southeast....
By Pelumi Salako
Nigeria is dealing with a lot right now: a surge in banditry, rampaging terrorist groups ISWAP and Boko Haram, farmer-herder conflict across...
Mali : the President of the Republic “suspends” reform of the...
In Mali, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announced on Friday August 18, that he would "suspends" the constitutional review after strong protests in the country...
Gunmen kidnap 317 schoolgirls in Zamfara state, Nigeria
By Dounard Bondo
Gunmen kidnapped 317 schoolgirls from the Government Girls School in Jangebe town, Zamfara state, in northern Nigeria overnight from Thursday to Friday....