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As part of the drive to strengthen the operational capabilities of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS), a large-scale military exercise, dubbed METROPOLIS 2025, will be held this Friday, March 21, on Ouidah beach. Placed under the supervision of the…

On a cross-country tour, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso, reaffirmed his opposition to Western powers. “We are no longer fighting a war against terrorism, but a battle for our independence”, declared Captain Ibrahim Traoré during a visit to…

The former brigade commander of the Hillacondji customs post and his secretary could soon be released. Their case, linked to the suspicious clearance of a truck at the Hillacondji border post, was examined on Monday March 17, 2025 by the…

Zambia announced its first mpox-related death on Thursday, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases in the southern African country to 31. Health Minister Elijah Muchima said the victim was an eight-month-old infant who died in a health facility in…

In an official statement issued on Friday morning, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed announced the dismissal of Prime Minister Kamel Madouri. He has entrusted the leadership of the government to Sarah Zaafrani Zenzri, former Minister of Equipment and Housing. In his…

After several months in detention, Florent Mahougnon, better known under the pseudonym “El Professor”, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Prosecuted for harassment and swindling via the Internet, the tiktokeur was granted provisional release by the Court for the…

On Thursday, Morocco strongly condemned the recent Israeli strikes that have caused hundreds of casualties in the Gaza Strip since Monday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Resident Abroad, Nasser Bourita, expressed this condemnation “in the strongest…

Burkina Faso has recorded an acceleration in economic growth, reaching 5.1% in 2024 compared with 3.6% in 2023, the government announced on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers. This marks an upward revision of 0.1 percentage points on the August…

A military aircraft crashed on Wednesday near Aoulef, in the Adrar wilaya in southern Algeria, killing a pilot, the Algerian Ministry of Defense announced in a press release. Following the accident, the Algerian Army launched an investigation to determine the…

The Beninese government is laying the groundwork for an ambitious project in the vocational training sector. At the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the executive gave the go-ahead for a contract with a consultancy firm to…

A spectacular fire broke out in Tchatchou on Wednesday night, involving a truck transporting cement from Cotonou to Parakou. The exact circumstances of the fire are still unknown, but thanks to the rapid intervention of the fire department, the worst…

A traffic accident of rare violence occurred this morning on the Bohicon-Dassa axis, a strategic stretch of road in central Benin. Two trucks collided in as yet unsolved circumstances, causing the death of one person and seriously injuring two others,…

Benin mourns the passing of one of its former representatives in the National Assembly. Dah Dèlidji Parfait Houangni, former deputy of the 6ᵉ and 7ᵉ legislatures, passed away this Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at the Centre national hospitalier universitaire Hubert…

The President of the Parti Démocratique de Côte d’Ivoire (PDCI-RDA), Tidjane Thiam, is likely to have renounced his French nationality, as revealed in the French Official Journal of Thursday, March 20, 2025. According to the decree of March 19, 2025,…

A Republican Police officer, stationed at the Direction Générale de la Police Républicaine (DGPR), has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of five million FCFA by the Correctional Chamber of the Cour de Répression des Infractions Économiques…

The Somali government has confirmed that Tuesday’s explosion in Mogadishu was an assassination attempt against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, attributed to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group. According to the Ministry of Information, the presidential convoy was targeted at around 10:32 am…

The Générations et Peuples Solidaires (GPS) political movement has reacted strongly to the exclusion of its president, Guillaume Kigbafori Soro, from the provisional electoral list published on Wednesday March 19, 2025 by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). In a press…

The president of the Congrès pour la Justice et l’Égalité des Peuples (Cojep), Charles Blé Goudé, has reacted to his exclusion from the provisional electoral list published on Monday March 17, 2025 by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). Invited to…

Cape Verde’s Judicial Police announced on Tuesday the arrest of a 34-year-old man, who was stopped on Sunday at Praia’s Nelson Mandela International Airport in possession of over 608 grams of cocaine upon arrival on a flight from Guinea-Bissau. According…

Benin’s merchandise exports rose by 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared with the previous quarter, while imports fell by 7.4%, according to a report published Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Demography (Instad). According to Instad’s…

On Wednesday March 19, 2025, the government of the rupture held its weekly conclave in the presence of the Head of State, President Patrice Talon. During the meeting, a number of decisions were taken to implement the government’s action program.…

The Malian army announced on Tuesday that it had eliminated two terrorist leaders, Ahmad Lamine Ag Hoga and Badaye Ag Elmehfi, during air operations in Kidal, northern Mali, on the night of March 17-18. According to an army statement, the…

Benin mourns the passing of the central Imam of Porto-Novo, El Hadj Amzat Houzeifa, who was called back to God during the blessed month of Ramadan. For many believers, this departure is seen as a sign of the greatness of…

Following the example of several other cities in Benin, the municipality of Porto-Novo is stepping up its efforts to ensure that the occupation of public spaces is respected. Through an official press release, the municipal administration is reminding the population…

On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Autonomous National Electoral Commission(Céna) and the Electoral Platform of Civil Society Organizations(PEOSC) held a working session on preparations for the 2026 general elections. Led by its coordinator, Léontine Idohou, the PEOSC delegation presented several…

Clément Capo-Chichi can now turn the page on his exclusion from public procurement. In a ruling handed down on March 12, 2025, the Supreme Court of Benin overturned the decision of the Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics(ARMP), which had…

Libya repatriated 177 Nigerian migrants, mainly women, on Tuesday as part of a voluntary return program, the country’s Illegal Migration Control Department announced. “Today (…) we organized the voluntary return of 177 female migrants and some Nigerian children aboard a…

During the first fortnight of March, several hundred terrorists were “neutralized” during anti-terrorist operations carried out in various localities in Burkina Faso, according to the local press. According to the Agence d’information du Burkina (AIB), quoting the army, ground units,…

Despite its adoption by a large majority, the new law governing traditional chieftaincy continues to be debated in the National Assembly. Nassirou Bako Arifari, a member of the Bloc Républicain (BR) and a deputy from the presidential camp, has made…

On Monday, the White House rejected a French politician’s request to reclaim the Statue of Liberty for France. “Absolutely not,” reacted White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt in a televised press conference, in response to the request from French MEP Raphaël…