Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coupF

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Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaosF

Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaosF

By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso’s presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP.Β  The government...

Nigeria: Separatist tensions flare in Anambra as gunmen kill five troopsF

Gunmen killed five soldiers and a civilian in southeast Nigeria, police and local media said Thursday, after the latest bloodshed in a region where separatist tensions often flare. Wednesday’s attack on troops in Umunze area of Anambra state was condemned by the...

Nigeria: Campaigning for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election beginsF

Campaigning for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election got off to a low-key start on Wednesday, with candidates holding a book launch and rallies or postponing official inaugurations. Five months before the ballot, four top candidates are emerging in a tight...

Nigerian town caught between jihadist war and peaceF

By Camille Malpat: Once a symbol of the jihadist war in northeast Nigeria, the town of Bama today betrays the grinding nature of a 13-year conflict, caught between reconstruction and fighting that still rages beyond its borders. In September 2014, Boko Haram fighters...

Turkish banks abandon use of Russia’s card payment system MirF

By Fulya Ozerkan: Turkey’s booming wartime trade with Moscow took a giant step back on Wednesday with confirmation that the last three banks still processing Russian card payments were pulling out under pressure from Washington. The decision follows weeks of...

Morocco: Toxic alcohol kills 19 in Ksar El KebirF

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Algeria officially invites Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to Arab summitF

Morocco said Algeria on Tuesday invited its King Mohammed VI to attend an Arab League summit in Algiers in November, at a time of tensions between the North African neighbours. The foreign ministry in Rabat said visiting Algerian Justice Minister Abderrachid Tabi had...

Sahel: Relentless insurgent attacks continue in Burkina FasoF

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Podcast: Algeria-Morocco rivalry intensifies, with no end in sightF

Podcast: Algeria-Morocco rivalry intensifies, with no end in sightF

The escalating rivalry between Algeria and Morocco has had a destabilizing effect on the Maghreb region of North Africa. In fact, the entire western Mediterranean region is feeling the impact of the two countries’ strange competitive postures. Instead of cooperating...

Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania pen deals to fight terrorismF

Leaders of Mozambique and Tanzania said on Wednesday they had signed defence and security deals aimed at fighting terrorism and crime along their shared border. No details were released about the agreements, which were signed during a visit to Maputo by...
Video: Inside sex tourism in MoroccoF

Video: Inside sex tourism in MoroccoF

France24’s Reporters report on pedophiles and sex tourists in Morocco, where hundred of thousands are being sexually exploited.
Video: Tunisia’s Ex-PM Ali Laarayedh detained by policeF

Video: Tunisia’s Ex-PM Ali Laarayedh detained by policeF

Tunisia’s anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, lawyers said on Tuesday. (France...