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Mali’s army says 80 militants killed after coordinated attacks
SABC News
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July 1, 2025
Mali’s armed forces have killed 80 militants in response to a series of simultaneous and coordinated attacks on military posts across the country, according to a video statement released by the army on Tuesday. “The enemy suffered significant...
Mvurya warns as Kenya hands over Kasarani for CHAN 2024
Tribal Football
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The Kenyan government has shown clear indications that the East African nation is in top gear and fully prepared to host the 2024 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament after they officially handed over the Kasarani Stadium, the main venue...
Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali’s military said Tuesday — an development that one expert called especially worrying as the deadly violence spreads. The al-Qaida-linked JNIM extremist...
Gnassingbé Dynasty, (ECOWAS) and the (AU) partly to be blame...
Modern Ghana
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Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of the Gnassingbé family. Since 1967, the dynasty has dominated Togolese politics, with limited democratic reforms and...
Zoomlion enters Burkina Faso
Ghana Business News
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June 27, 2025
Zoomlion Ghana Limited the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso’s waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, and...
Morocco’s US$1.3b Atlantic trade corridor aims to bridge Africa’s divides, but security and politics remain hurdles
Malay Mail
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June 29, 2025
EL ARGOUB, June 29 — A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The “Atlantic...
In FOI requests, SERAP tells governors to account for security votes
Premium Times
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June 29, 2025
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to Nigeria’s 36 state governors urging them to “promptly account for the spending of public funds in the name of ‘security votes’ by your...
Insecurity: SERAP Gives 36 State Governors Seven Days To Account For Security Votes
The Will
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June 29, (THEWILL) — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Nigeria’s 36 state governors to within seven days, “promptly account for the spending of public funds in the name of security votes” since 29th May 2023...
Burkina Faso Criticised Over Silence on Missing Journalist
News Central TV
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June 25, 2025
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced the Burkina Faso ruling military junta for its “unacceptable silence” on the disappearance of journalist Serge Oulon, who went missing more than a year ago. The press freedom organisation has formally...
Mali’s army says 80 militants killed after coordinated attacks on its posts
SRN News
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July 1, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s armed forces have killed 80 militants in response to a series of simultaneous and coordinated attacks on military posts across the country, according to a video statement released by the army on...
Zoomlion to launch in Burkina Faso
Business Ghana
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Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso’s waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong,...
False claims that Burkina Faso detained French spy go viral online
Euronews
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Published on 16/05/2025 - 10:28 GMT+2 AI-generated videos falsely claiming a French woman was arrested for espionage in Burkina Faso have spread virally online, triggering a wave of disinformation. The videos claim to show Claire Dubois, a French...
Zoomlion extends sustainable waste management solutions to Burkina Faso
GhanaWeb
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June 25, 2025
Zoomlion Ghana Limited the leading subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies is set to extend its expertise to Burkina Faso's waste management sector, following a high-level meeting between its Executive Chairman, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, and...
Ghana’s peace must not be taken for granted – Mahama warns amid regional instability
Joy FM
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July 1, 2025
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged Ghanaians to remain vigilant and not take the country’s peace and stability for granted, particularly in light of growing political tensions and unrest in neighbouring West African states. Speaking at...
Support for improving capacities in hydrometeorological forecasting, monitoring and warning systems in Burkina Faso
GWP
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The meeting brought together some 20 participants, including representatives of HYDROMET-BF, the Research Officer and the Project Officer from the Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation, the National Meteorological Agency (ANAM), the...
East Africa Ready to Host Historic CHAN 2024
UBC - Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
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July 1, 2025
By Nabakiibi Doreen Malaika Football fever is rising across East Africa as Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania prepare to co-host the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship better known as CHAN. It’s the first time the tournament will be staged...
RFK Jr. singled out one study to cut funds for global vaccines. Is that study valid?
WKYU - Kentucky
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July 1, 2025
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pronouncement that stunned the global health world. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — which has vaccinated more than half the world's children in many of the world's...
Burkina Faso and Togo: a joint effort on operational flood monitoring and forecasting
World Meteorological Organization
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June 23, 2025
Improved operational capacity to use flood forecasting systems for early warning has brought together specialists from the two countries, facilitating the exchange of experience between meteorologists, hydrologists, and disaster risk reduction...
Revolution Without Reform: The Semiotics of Sovereignty in Burkina Faso
African Arguments
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June 25, 2025
Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and...
France Loses Niger Uranium Mine As EU, Trump Boost Nuclear for AI
Benzinga
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France lost a strategic uranium mine in Africa after Niger's military junta seized the reserve from Europe’s biggest nuclear producer. The junta described the nationalization of the Somair mine as "healthier and more sustainable management" of...