South Africa: Bill Harington candidate for mayor despite his conviction
Bill Harington's candidacy for Nelson Mandela Bay revives the debate on the rehabilitation of people convicted of crimes committed during apartheid. A former...
Benin: Wadagni mobilizes 65.5 billion FCFA in Paris
Benin mobilizes nearly 100 million euros in France. The funding targets electricity, agriculture and forensic expertise. The agreements were concluded on Monday in...
Ethiopia: Government forces take over Mekele
Ethiopian government forces took over Mekele on October 03, 2026. The TPLF had announced its withdrawal from the capital of the Tigray. This...
Guinea: Mamadi Doumbouya grants his pardon to Aliou Bah
Aliou Bah regains freedom in Guinea. The opponent benefits from a presidential pardon. He is one of the 217 inmates affected by the...
Senegal: Sheikh Hamidou Kane, author of L’Aventure ambigue, died
Sheikh Hamidou Kane died at the age of 98 on Saturday, October 03. The Senegalese writer leaves a major work. His novel L'Aventure...
Cameroon: University reopening at risk amid teachers’ strike
Cameroon’s university academic year, scheduled to begin on October 7, could be disrupted by an indefinite strike launched by the National Union of...
Burkina Faso: Activists list 86 alleged forced disappearances
Published on social media under the title “Ibrahim Traoré’s Missing,” on the fourth anniversary of the September 30, 2022 military coup, the photo...
Mali: More than 2,400 schools closed as new term begins
Schools reopened across Mali on Thursday, October 1, as the 2026-2027 academic year was declared the “Year of Education and Culture” by transitional...
Dangote launches $16 Billion Kenya refinery project
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote on Wednesday launched preparatory work on a planned 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu, Kenya. Presented as a major African industrialisation...
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Algeria makes record drug seizure, dismantling international trafficking network
Algerian police have announced what they describe as the largest drug seizure ever carried out in a single operation, recovering more than 30...
