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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…

The authorities in Guinea-Conakry have allowed former president Alpha Condé to leave the country to seek medical help. The condition is that the former president cannot stay away for more than one month unless advised otherwise by the…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appeal a court ruling that ordered him back to jail to serve the remainder of his sentence, a judge ruled. Zuma, 80, had been released on medical parole earlier this year, but…

South Africa's last white president during Apartheid, F.W. de Klerk, has been laid to rest. De Klerk was laid to rest in a private funeral service on Sunday. It was relatively quiet outside the family home with only friends and family…

Libya’s powerful commander, Khalifa Hifter, has filed as a candidate in the country’s presidential elections next month, as the long-waited vote faces growing uncertainty. Hifter submitted his candidacy papers Tuesday in the eastern city…