Burkina Faso to reinstate death penalty for terrorism, treason
The Council of Ministers in Burkina Faso have adopted a bill to reinstate the death penalty for offences such as...
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Western Sahara: Burkina Faso and Niger back Morocco
Morocco's Autonomy Plan, also known as Resolution 2797, has received support from Burkina Faso and Niger, according to the Moroccan...
Mali recovers $1.2bn from miners, sets bar with new mining code
The Mali finance minister said that the audit that made way for the new mining code has helped recover 761...
Cameroon: Death of opposition leader condemned
Civil society groups have condemned the death of prominent Cameroonian opposition leader, Anicet Ekane, in state custody on December 1st,...
Cameroonian opposition leader dies in custody
Civil society groups have condemned the death of a prominent Cameroonian opposition leader Anicet Ekane, who died in state custody...
Tunisia: Crackdown on political opponents continues
Tunisian President Kaies Saied’s crackdown on political opponents continued on November 29th, as prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa was arrested...
Morocco to host first conference for African victims of terrorism
An official Moroccan announcement stated that Rabat will be the host to the first international conference for African victims of...
Mali to use AI in school to teach children local languages
Malian authorities have announced the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help school students learn languages, Africanews reported on November...
UN humanitarian chief: Sudan’s civilians in desperate need of aid
Tom Fletcher, the UN’s Humanitarian Chief, paid an official visit to Sudanese refugee camps in the Darfur region as part...
Amnesty: Sudanese paramilitary guilty of war crimes in Darfur
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused of carrying out war crimes in the city of El-Fasher by...
Niger sends 82 fuel tankers to Mali to ease ongoing fuel crisis
Niger sent a convoy of 82 fuel tankers to Bamako on 22nd November, with the intention of easing Mali’s ongoing...
Sudan refugee camps visited by UN humanitarian chief
The UN's Humanitarian Chief, Tom Fletcher, made an official visit to two refugee camps in the Darfur region of Sudan,...
UN humanitarian chief visits Sudan refugee camps
Tom Fletcher, the UN's Humanitarian Chief paid an official visit to Sudanese refugee camps in the Darfur region as part...
Mauritania’s coast guard rescues 227 migrants stranded at sea
On November 15th, Mauritania's coast guards revealed that they had conducted a rescue operation of 227 migrants who were stranded...
UN rights council adopt fact-finding investigation in Sudan
The UN Rights Council (UNHRC) convened an emergency session on 14th November in Geneva to address the situation in El-Fasher,...
