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Au Liberia, le président Joseph Boakai a limogé une douzaine de hauts responsables de l’aéroport, de la police et des services de sécurité après des saisies record de cocaïne, estimées à 336 millions de dollars. Une enquête a été ouverte.
Read More »Cape Verde’s Vozinha signs with Chile’s most decorated football club
Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper Vozinha arrived in Chile on August 2nd to join first division club Colo-Colo, the Chilean football club announced on August 3rd. The 40-year-old has joined on a six-month contract, with the possibility of a one-year extension. Chilean media said he was likely to make his debut …
Read More »Nigeria dismantles its largest meth lab as Mexican cartel push into country
On July 29th, Nigerian law enforcement dismantled a meth lab left behind in an abandoned shed — remnants of an alleged multimillion-dollar transnational meth operation. The lab, the largest of its kind ever discovered in Nigeria, sat on an acre of land in a forest that straddles the border of …
Read More »Nigerian judge kidnapped from his home by unknown gunmen has been freed
Faruku Hassan Bunza, a Nigerian judge abducted from his home in Bunza town by unidentified gunmen on July 26, has been freed, police said on August 3. Kidnappings are routinely used by criminal groups in Nigeria to secure lucrative ransom payments from either the government or victims’ families. The exact …
Read More »JOJ 2026 : les murs de Dakar se mettent aux couleurs des Jeux
À trois mois des Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse, Dakar affiche déjà les couleurs de l’événement. Une quarantaine d’artistes transforment les murs de la capitale sénégalaise en œuvres mêlant sport, culture et création pour raconter les JOJ autrement.
Read More »Ethiopians flee to neighbouring Sudan after renewed conflict in Tigray
The biggest escalation since the signing of the 2022 Pretoria agreement shook Ethiopia’s Tigray over the weekend, with both the TPLF and members of the Ethiopian government blaming each other. A mass exodus of the region is taking place over fears of a full-blown regional conflict erupting, despite a pause …
Read More »Hundreds flee Tigray after fighting flares near border
In tonight’s edition, hundreds of people run from the most serious fighting to break out in Tigray since 2022. Also, Nigeria’s still probing links that Mexican drug cartels may have to Africa’s top economy. And Cape Verde’s veteran goalkeeper Vozinha arrived in Chile to join first division club Colo-Colo.
Read More »Bridge collapse in DR Congo reignites debate about mining revenues
Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in …
Read More »Across the EU, immigration being used as a ‘political tool’ across the political spectrum
Delano D’Souza is pleased to welcome Dr. Manlio Graziano, Founder and Director of Nicholas Spykman International Center for Geopolitical Analysis. Italy’s temporary suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain, following the migration episode in Ceuta, is presented less as a meaningful European policy than as a symbolic act driven by …
Read More »Cameroun : les œuvres africaines à l’honneur au 9e Salon international de l’artisanat
À Yaoundé, le Salon international de l’artisanat du Cameroun réunit plus de 600 artisans, créateurs, sculpteurs et maroquiniers venus célébrer le savoir-faire africain. Pour cette 9ᵉ édition, la Côte d’Ivoire est le pays invité d’honneur.
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