Top diplomats from three west African countries ruled by military authorities following a coup – namely Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso- met Thursday (Feb. 09) in Ouagadougou the Burkinabe government announced. The meeting comes a few weeks after Burkina Faso’s prime minister, in…

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to “fantasy”. “This is a fantasy in the minds of those who are… in this factory I call…

Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov held talks in Khartoum Thursday with Sudanese officials, pledging support for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov’s two-day visit is part of Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African…