Ivory Coast decorates 49 troops in Mali row
MSN News· 2 weeks agoIvory Coast on Tuesday handed out top awards for 49 soldiers whose detention by Mali triggered a bitter diplomatic spat between the two West African...
Pregnant woman, four-month-old die in Mediterranean boat tragedy
Al Jazeera· 4 days agoA pregnant woman and four-month-old baby were among several victims who died on board a refugee and...
Mali junta expels UN mission's human rights chief: govt
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMali's ruling junta said Sunday that it was expelling the head of the human rights division of...
Ghana braces as Sahel war spills into Gulf of Guinea
Digital Journal· 1 day agoStanding near the dried river bed that marks Ghana’s northern border, Alima can see her hamlet, lying in Burkina Faso less than two kilometres (1.2...
Ten migrants die off Lampedusa coast, including baby and three women By Reuters
Investing.com· 4 days agoTen migrants die off Lampedusa coast, including baby and three women
Man sentenced to death in Mali for UN peacekeeper killings
The News-Times· 2 weeks agoA Mali court sentenced a man to death for the killings of three United Nations peacekeepers almost...
France's shrinking footprint in Africa
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWith anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat ever further from the increasingly...
How Russia’s Wagner Group Is Fueling Terrorism in Africa
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 weeks agoSpeaking of the Kremlin-linked private military contractor, Kariuki concluded, “They are part of the...
France to Pull Troops Out of Burkina Faso, as Its Unpopularity in Africa Grows
New York Times· 2 weeks agoThe West African country had demanded that French troops leave. France confirmed they would be out...
Burkina Faso says 28 soldiers, civilians killed in rebel attacks
Al Jazeera· 1 week agoAt least 28 people, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in two attacks by armed...