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After delay and uncertainty, Senegal is set for presidential poll on 24th March, some 7.3 million Senegalese are registered to vote. In the alleyways of Dakar’s fabric market Wednesday 20th March, supporters of Ousmane Sonko's protege…

A crowd of hundreds welcomed candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his mentor Ousmane Sonko to the southwest Senegalese region of Casamance. The return of the two after months in prison brought promises, with Diomaye pledging to make the…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in Nigeria (ICPC) and the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) are to strengthen their cooperation agreement towards tackling the Illicit Financial Flows and…

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni praised the role her country played in what she described as a “new model of cooperation between Europe and the southern shore of the Mediterranean." Meloni was speaking in Cairo upon the signing of…

A total of 45 countries and regions worldwide are in need of external assistance for food, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has warned. The FAO's latest "Crop Prospects and Food Situation" report, which…

The Republic of Congo has recorded its first cases of mpox in several regions, the health ministry said, an indication of how the disease may be spreading across Africa since sexual transmission was first confirmed on the continent last…

A man calling himself Prophet Ishmael was charged in a Zimbabwean court, after police raided the compound where he led a religious sect and found more than 250 children being kept away from school and used as cheap labour. Police also…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that heightened Russian influence in Africa has caused an "emotional reaction" in French President Emmanuel Macron. “I think there is some kind of resentment, but when we maintained direct contacts…

Algeria has pledged that it will support Mozambique in its fight against terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique's news agency AIM reported Monday. Summarizing a four day working visit to Algeria, Mozambican…

In a gathering spanning four days in the heart of Burkina Faso's capital, the annual steering committee of the SWEDD (Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend) project concluded with a resolute vision for the upcoming year.…