Mauritania and Chad have paved the way for a dissolution of the G5 Sahel alliance created in 2014 to tackle jihadism and other challenges in the sub-region, following the withdrawal of the other three members, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Mauritania and Chad "take note of and respect the sovereign decision" of Burkina Faso and Niger to withd...

 Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff visited Tuesday (Dec. 05) Tudun Biri village where an army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 civilians on Sunday (Dec. 03). "The military said troops were carrying out aerial patrols when they observed a group of people and wrongly analysed and misinterpreted their pattern of activities to be similar t...

 All is now set for the AFCON 2023 tournament to be hosted in Ivory coast in January, sporting authorities in the west African nation said Wednesday as they presented recently renovated stadiums to the press. "As you can see, COCAN's mission is first and foremost to organise and deliver the operations and infrastructure needed to ensure the su...

 In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his fellow Prophets and Messengers. Your Excellency, dear brother and honorable friend, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence Distinguished gathering! May All...

 Launched on November 25, Chad's referendum campaign is dividing the political class, as voters prepare to decide on a new constitution. Chad's eight million registered voters will be called to place their votes on December 17, after twenty days of campaigning by both sides. Most opposition parties are calling for a boycott of the vote, saying...

 Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum are part of Kenya's pre-selection for the Paris Olympics announced on Monday. Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and former world record holder Brigid Kosgei are also part of the team unveiled by the Athletics Kenya Federation (AK). Kipchoge won t...

 Three weeks after the rejection of a previous project, London and Kigali signed a new treaty in Rwanda on Tuesday, aimed at resurrecting a controversial agreement to deport migrants arriving illegally in the UK to the East African country. The British government is trying to salvage this flagship measure of its policy against illegal immigrat...

 The Sierra Leonean government announced on Tuesday the arrest of one of the main organizers of what it described as an attempted coup on November 26, and of two alleged accomplices. These arrests bring to 60 the number of people arrested since these events, the vast majority of them military personnel. "One of the organizers of the failed Nov...

 German troops have begun their withdrawal from Gao, as the United Nations continues to dismantle its peacekeeping mission in Mali before the end of the year. Personnel at the Camp Castor base, which supports the activities of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), on Tuesday began dismantling and transport...

 If there's one collective discipline that stands out in Benin today, it's handball. The reforms underway in the sector are already bearing fruit, and those involved are determined to continue the process. The results of the 2022-2023 sports season have confirmed the rise of Beninese handball. Adjidja HBC, Benin's representative at the 44th Af...

 Weighing up to 500 grams, growing to a length of ten centimetres and highly prized in the Ivory Coast, giant snails have regrettably fallen victim to deforestation and pesticides, and are disappearing from the rainforest. In an effort to save the species, while making an earning, locals are breeding them in booming farms. "Snail farming is le...

 A decade on from the death of Nelson Mandela, an anniversary exhibition entitled "Mandela is Dead" was opened on Friday in Johannesburg by the Mandela Foundation. Around the world, Nelson Mandela remains an icon, famed for his destruction of South Africa's apartheid system in the 1990s. Now, some South Africans are questioning his legacy and ...

 An illegal gold mining network operating in the Libyan desert and employing Chinese, Chadians and Nigeriens has been dismantled, the Prosecutor's Office announced on the night of Sunday to Monday. The network, led by a Libyan, carried out "gold mining activities in violation of regulations" and "without the agreement of the authorities" , in ...

 A Russian delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Defense arrived in Niamey to discuss with the military authorities, who came to power during a coup d'état at the end of July, the latter announced on Monday on national radio. This is the first official visit by a member of the Russian government to this country since the July 26 coup which ...

 Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo decided to dissolve the opposition-dominated Parliament on Monday, three days after armed clashes that he describes as an "attempted coup d'état" and which plunged this small African country the West in yet another crisis. "The date of the next legislative elections will be set at the appropriate t...

 Day 2 of the CAF Cup was played on Sunday December 3. USM Alger, Modern Future, Club Africain, RS Berkane and Zamalek were all on top. Poor results for Stade Malien and Rivers United. Club Africain, solid leaders of Group C Club Africain have pulled clear in Group C of the CAF Cup. The Tunisians recorded their second victory on Matchday 2 aga...

 The third edition of the "Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace" took place in Angola from November 22 to 24. Malawi's former president Joyce Banda attended the Biennale of Luanda. She praised the peacebuilding experience of hosts Angola among other African countries. "I feel that they have the authority therfore to be able to host such ...

 Protesters at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai Monday called for additional financing for the newly established loss and damage fund, as well as an end to subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. Kenyan climate activist Eric Njuguna said he believed certain countries had not paid enough into the fund. "The message of this action today is that ...

 A Ugandan woman has become Africa's oldest new mother after giving birth aged 70 to twins on Wednesday in Kampala. Safina Namukwaya delivered the boy and girl twins via caesarean prematurely at 31 weeks. The babies were put in incubators and are said to be stable. "When I had a checkup, they told me I had twins and I was very happy," says Nam...

 Landslides in northern Tanzania have killed at least 47 people and injured 85 others following landslides caused by torrential rain on Saturday, according to a local official. Queen Sendiga, regional commissioner in the Manyara area of northern Tanzania, spoke to local media on Sunday evening and warned that the death toll could rise. Heavy r...