Gambiaj.com – (Accra, Ghana) – Security experts from ten West African countries have gathered in Accra for a high-level conference hosted
Gambiaj.com – (ACCRA, Ghana) – A parliament’s session in Ghana was adjourned indefinitely again Thursday following a no-show by lawmakers from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) during a high-stakes session shortly before elections.
Gambiaj.com – (BANJUL, The Gambia) – Sudan has filed a formal complaint against Chad with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, headquartered in Banjul, Gambia. Sudan’s complaint alleges Chad’s support for the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are accused of committing severe human rights violations in Sudan, including killings, sexual violence, forced displacement, and other alleged crimes against humanity.
Gambiaj.com – (MALABO) – Equatorial Guinea has been rocked by a scandal involving Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) and son of Baltasar Engonga Edjoo, the current president of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
Gambiaj.com – (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) – President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso received a message of solidarity from Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as conveyed by Professor Abdoulaye Bathily, Faye’s special envoy for sub-regional and international issues. The visit, held Thursday, October 10, 2024, emphasized Senegal’s support amid Burkina Faso’s escalating security crisis and urged stronger collaboration within West Africa.
Gambiaj.com – (Niamey, Niger) – In a significant escalation of measures against former officials of the civilian government ousted in July 2023, Niger’s military government announced Thursday that it has “provisionally stripped” nine former officials of their Nigerien nationality. The military regime, led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, accuses the group of “intelligence with a foreign power” and “conspiracy against the authority of the State.”
Gambiaj.com – (WASHINGTON, United States) – Authorities in Burkina Faso on Monday suspended Voice of America for three months over comments made by one of the network’s journalists.
Gambiaj.com (NJAMENA, Chad) – Police in Chad disrupted a conference planned to address justice for victims of former President Hissène Habré’s abuses on October 2, 2024, stopping a keynote speaker, former Human Rights Watch (HRW) counsel Reed Brody, from addressing his audience.
Gambiaj.com – (OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso) – A new report has revealed that the death toll from a brutal attack in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, in August is much higher than previously estimated. According to a French government security assessment cited by CNN, up to 600 people were killed in the August 24 massacre…
Gambiaj.com – (LAGOS, Nigeria) – Nigeria’s Emergency Management Agency says 14 bodies have been recovered so far in central Niger State, where around 150 passengers are missing after a boat capsized late Tuesday. Authorities say the tragedy was caused by overloading the boat.
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