Africa
27 Feb
Guinea's capital was paralysed on Tuesday, the second day of a general strike, the day before an appeal for a detained union leader whose release protesters are demanding, an AFP correspondent observed.
27 Feb
Six months after bringing the curtain down on the 55-year Bongo dynasty, Gabon's military leader remains popular despite criticism of authoritarian governance that is slow to fulfil promises.
26 Feb
Senegal's President Macky Sall was on Monday due to begin talks to end weeks of political turmoil and decide a date for a presidential poll he delayed but major political and social stakeholders are snubbing the event. Sall has faced public outcry and growing calls to set an election date after he abruptly delayed the…
26 Feb
Guinea's capital came to a standstill Monday on the first day of an open-ended general strike amid growing social tensions and the absence of a transitional government.
26 Feb
Burundi on Monday accused the country's main rebel group of attacking a bereaved family and killing nine people, including a soldier, while the RED-Tabara insurgents said they had killed six troops.
26 Feb
West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS, said Sunday it was easing sanctions imposed on Guinea and Mali, a day after announcing a similar decision for Niger, another country under military rule.
26 Feb
An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso has killed dozens of Muslims on the same day as another deadly attack on Catholics attending mass, local and security sources told AFP on Monday.
26 Feb
Twenty three stakeholders and partners specialised in agricultural trade and markets in West Africa and Chad have been empowered on data collection and reporting tools for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Agricultural Trade and Market SCORECARD (EATM-SCORECARD). The objective of the EATM-SCORECARD is to assess and track the performance of agricultural trade…
25 Feb
West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said Sunday it was easing sanctions imposed on Guinea and Mali, a day after announcing a similar decision for Niger, another country under military rule.
25 Feb
Four Egyptian construction workers died Sunday when their boat sank in a canal near Giza, state media reported, adding that five others were rescued and four passengers were still missing.
25 Feb
At least nine supporters of South Africa's ruling ANC were killed in a bus crash as they were travelling home after attending a key electoral rally, police said on Sunday.
24 Feb
West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS on Saturday said it was lifting some of the sanctions imposed on Niger after last year's military coup. A no-fly zone, border closures and asset freezes were among the measures being stopped "with immediate effect" on "humanitarian grounds", ECOWAS Commission chief Omar Alieu Touray said following emergency heads of state…