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Two former leaders in Guinea have been jailed as corruption charges mount against those close to deposed President Alpha Conde since the September military coup in Conakry. "Amadou Damaro Camara and Lounceny Camara are under arrest and…

Guinea's ousted president Alpha Conde is "finally free" and can receive visitors, the junta who overthrew him has said. Conde became Guinea's first democratically elected president in 2010, but the 84-year-old was deposed by army…

An Egyptian court sentenced a former member of parliament and others to ten years in prison for smuggling antiquities out of the country. The former MP, Alaa Hassanein and four others would serve 10 years whiles Hassan Rateb, a prominent…

The party of former Burkinabe ruler Blaise Compaoré urged all citizens to support national reconciliation. In Ouagadougou, CDC leader Eddie Komboïgo, called Burkina's "daughters and sons to advance in the fight for development." The…

The party of former president Alpha Condé said late Thursday suspended its participation in the national conference. To explain its move, the RPG cited the detentions of several party leaders which it calls "arbitrary". Guinea’s…

Relatives and collaborators of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who died on 21st March at age 67, meet in Bamako to pay tribute to the late PM, he was laid to rest in the Bozola cemetery . To bid farewell to Mali’s…

A former Guinean minister has been imprisoned and another placed under judicial supervision in Conakry for "embezzlement of public funds and corruption", a special prosecutor's office announced. The former budget minister under Alpha…

Guinea's former president Alpha Conde left the West African state for medical treatment, two officials said, after being deposed in a military coup last year. Report said that the ex-president had boarded a plane to the United Arab…

Malian former head of state Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was toppled by the military in 2020, died Sunday at 76 in his home, the family said. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita led Mali from 2013 to 2020. Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar…

Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has underwent what was described as a successful heart surgery. Abdel Aziz has been in custody since June facing allegations of corruption. The former president was admitted to a…