Sudan war spillover kills 17 more civilians in Chad
After a drone originating from the war-torn Sudan struck a Chadian town, the Chadian government shut its border and ordered military retaliation against any future attacks.
Mali delivers 33 million dollars of mining revenue to local communities
Combining limited nationalization with conditional foreign ownership amid the rally in gold prices, Mali has generated substantial mining revenue – channeled back to communities through the Local Mining Development Fund.
Niger’s Foreign Ministry summoned European envoy to protest “interference in its internal affairs”
Within hours after the European Parliament adopted a resolution demanding the “immediate and unconditional release” of Niger’s ousted, France-backed former president Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerien government reiterated that it “will not accept any directive” from Europe.
Burkina Faso launches Five-Year plan
About two-thirds of the 64 billion will be raised domestically from the revenues generated by state-owned enterprises and through citizen shareholding programs.
Case against Kenyan communist leader Booker Omole already unraveling
Withdrawing from the case, the complainant and the key witness named in the chargesheet has accused the police of fabricating charges and weaponizing the criminal justice system.
178 killed in massacre as South Sudan slides back toward civil war
The massacre in Abiemnom County follows the unravelling of the 2018 peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and his former vice president Riek Machar last year, dragging the world’s youngest republic back toward civil war.
Mixed messaging from African leaders on US-Israel war on Iran
From condemning the violation of Iranian sovereignty to condemning Iran for its retaliatory strikes, the full spectrum of messaging is on offer in the statements by African governments, while the left has unequivocally condemned “imperialist”, “Zionist” aggression.
Kenyan communist leader Booker Omole remains imprisoned after torture
Produced in court a day and a half after abduction and alleged torture, Booker Ngesa Omole, general secretary of Communist Party Marxist-Kenya (CPM-K), was denied bail, injured, and sent to a notorious prison.