Belgium called on South Africa on Thursday to use its influence with Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine. The appeal was made during a state visit by the Belgian king to Pretoria. King Philippe is travelling with Queen Mathilde and Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib during a five-day state visit to the country. President Cyril…
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 19 (Reuters) – France and Burkina Faso have officially marked the end of French military operations in the West African nation, the Burkinabe armed forces said on Sunday, after a flag-lowering ceremony at the French special forces’ camp a day…
The Moroccan parliament decried Wednesday an “unjust campaign” against it at the European Parliament ahead of a hearing in Brussels over the North African country’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware. The European Parliament is set to hear from experts, human rights defenders…
Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak has killed at least 1,210 people, the World Health Organization announced Thursday (Feb. 09), urging for strong interventions to prevent the situation from worsening. The Southern African nation saw a 143-percent increase in the number of cases last…
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…
