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French mining company Orano has announced it will suspend uranium production in Niger from October 31, opting to perform only maintenance activities. The company cited strained…

During the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (New York, 24-30 September 2024), the president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Edgar Leblanc Fils, delivered…

On Monday, French police arrested Beninese pan-Africanist Kemi Seba and his colleague Hery Djehuty in two separate incidents. Reports suggest it’s connected to Seba’s entry into…

Burkina Faso’s pan-African president and hero, Thomas Sankara, was assassinated on this day in 1987 in the capital, Ouagadougou.  A hit squad also killed 12 of…

As the United States panics about supposed Russian influence and interference in the 5 November presidential election, it has no qualms about financing and overseeing elections…

On 7 October, Burkina Faso’s Higher Council of Communications suspended Voice of America (VOA) from broadcasting for three months. This comes after a 19 September programme,…

Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president and a prominent poet, was born on 9th October, 1906. Under his leadership, the country cozied up to ex-coloniser France…

Years of planning have gone down the drain as Algeria’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Saturday ruled out a visit to France. A number of unresolved historical…

At the 79th session of the UN General Assembly last week, Edgar Leblanc Fils, president of the Presidential Council of the Transition of Haiti, reminded the…

From the election of Africa’s youngest president in Senegal to the tragic Baltimore bridge collapse in the US, here’s our weekly photo dump. Lyon, France –…