The United States has imposed new sanctions on six people linked to Boko Haram who were working to establish a cell of the Nigerian extremist group in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The six – Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan,…
Ethiopia declared a truce in the Tigray region fighting on Thursday, citing the need for humanitarian aid that the government has long been accused of preventing or withholding. “Thousands from the Tigray region are trekking into neighboring regions in search of assistance,” said the Ethiopian statement. “The government believes that…
The president of Niger is raising a few eyebrows following his comments on the death of Mali’s former prime minister. The 67-year-old Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga died in a hospital on Monday, having remained in detention under current Malian leader Assimi Goïta. Maïga was arrested in August, a year after the…
The Ukrainian government says Khalifa Haftar, head of the Libyan National Army, plans to send…
Google’s Equiano undersea cable project is about to make its landing in Togo, bringing some…
Public consultations recently closed on plans to impose an excise tax on e-cigarettes in South…
Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, a native of Burkina Faso, was awarded this years top prize…
With an eerie orange glow, the normally pristine snows of some ski resorts in Spain…
