West Africa

In Guinea, a few weeks before Ramadan, in a country that is more than 85% Muslim, women challenged the head of state, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, about the high cost of living and suffering in the household basket, on March 8. The head of state immediately urged…

Seven people were killed on Monday morning in a terrorist attack in Arbinda, in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso. Four victims are volunteers for the defense of the homeland, the other three are civilians, including a woman. This incident comes the…

The Gambia is facing the arrival of refugees following the military operation launched on Sunday by the Senegalese army in northern Casamance, on the border between the two countries. This operation against the MFDC uprising comes after a clash that occurred on…

In Mali, the national army and jihadist groups are engaged in a ruthless struggle. The French Barkhane and European Takuba forces have announced that they are leaving the country, due to many disagreements with the transitional authorities. Fama and their new…

In Kenya, the territory consists of two thirds of dry or semi-arid land. A tree marks these types of landscapes: the acacia in Senegal, a shrub that resists well because it needs some water. A blessing because its dried sap is a gold mine. Sudan is the…

In Guinea, the renewal of the Supreme Judicial Council is contrary to the appointment of one of its members. The Magistrates' Association criticizes "sneaky negotiations" that govern the election of some of its members. These pressures come from the…

After the death, on Malian territory, of Mauritanian citizens, victims of the Malian army, according to Mauritania, a delegation from the Malian junta went to the capital of Mauritania this weekend to try to calm things down.…

This military operation, launched on Sunday, March 13, 2022, is a "security mission", according to Dakar staff, in the northern part of this region, upset by the MFDC's independence uprising, near the Gambia border. This follows the clashes that took place on…

This is the first evidence of life since May 2021. The French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was abducted while reporting in Gao, northern Mali, on April 8, 2021, is shown in a video. Olivier Dubois, the only known French hostage in the world, is alone on…

The Senegalese military has launched an operation against rebels in the southern Casamance region, the chief of staff said in a statement late Sunday. "As part of its mission to secure people and goods, the army launched an operation on Sunday, March 13, 2022, with the main goal of dismantling the bases of Salif Sadio's MFDC faction," the statement said. "This operation also aims to destroy all armed gangs involved in criminal activities in the region," it said. "The army is still determined ... to…