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Turkey has launched a significant oil and gas exploration mission off Somalia’s coast, with the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) leading the operation. The Turkish exploration vessel, now in Somali waters, is set to…

Demonstrators have flooded the streets of Bamako, rallying in support of the Malian junta's decision to withdraw the country from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The protesters, predominantly young people and…

The Republic of Mali has written formally to the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, to withdraw from the bloc. In the following , “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali presents its…

President Macky Sall has inaugurated the United Nations regional headquarters that will house all UN operations in Senegal. The ceremony was attended by the presidential couple of Romania on an official visit to Senegal. The United…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, has commenced its Second Ordinary Session for the year 2023, with a call for enhanced regional solidarity and self-reliance to address the challenges facing the region.…

Saudi Arabia has hosted a summit of leaders from Arab states and the Islamic world to discuss Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. They included Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, who is the first Iranian leader to visit…

A geographer and former president of the humanitarian organisation, Action Against Hunger, Sylvie Brunel, says that, this earthquake marks a turning point, a shift in international relations where Morocco, which aspires to the status of a…

West African leaders were weighing their next moves on Saturday as they seek to overturn a military coup in Niger that has rocked the region but also triggered a groundswell of support in the country. Niger's military last month…

The UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Ghana for the start of a four-day visit of three African countries focused on strengthening "future-focused, mutually beneficial" partnerships. In a government press release, the…

The Ethiopian government said it intends to integrate all regional special forces either into the national army, or the federal or regional police, a move likely to be perceived as an attempt to diminish the autonomy of individual regions.…