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In Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré made history as the first person to receive the newly introduced AES passport, just days after Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali celebrated their official exit from the West African Economic and Monetary…

Leaders from Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece convened in Cairo on Wednesday to address escalating tensions in the Middle East, including conflicts in Gaza, Israel, and Lebanon, and broader instability in Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Sudan. The…

The incoming regional director of the World Health Organization in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, months after he was elected to the position. Ndugulile, a 55-year-old lawmaker and a medical doctor, died on…

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…