Download logo The public will be better protected from fraud as law enforcement collaboration between the UK and Nigeria is stepped up under a new joint fraud action plan agreed between the 2 countries today. The partnership will provide increased protection for victims by focusing on earlier detection of threats, faster law enforcement intervention, and the disruption of cross-border criminal networks before they can cause harm. It will also support stronger systems to help prevent people from falling victim to fraud in the first place. Key elements of the joint action plan include: information sharing and operational coordination, including the potential for joint law enforcement...

Download logo Women constitute almost 46 per cent of the workforce in Libyan ministerial institutions; however, their representation in leadership roles remains notably limited, according to a recent UN Women study presented during a United Nations-facilitated webinar in April. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and UN Women co-hosted an event to celebrate Libyan National Womenrsquo;s Day, aiming to foster discussion about the challenges facing women in the...

Download logo The horror unfolding in Sudan knows no bounds. Just three days ago, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched coordinated attacks from multiple directions on the besieged city of El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp, killing at least 40 civilians. This brings the confirmed...

Holcim AG, a global building materials company, is reportedly finalising a $1 billion deal to divest its 83.8 per cent stake in Lafarge Africa to Huaxin Cement Co., a Chinese firm. ......

When a youth leader's sister, Hajara,...

A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country?s president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025. Our France24 regional correspondent in Accra, Ghana, Justice Baldoo, tells us the latest. ......

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The NJC stressed that the constitutional provision on acting appointments of state chief judges does not leave room for discretion. ......

The doctors also want the retirement age of healthcare workers increased, in line with previous advocacy by health unions. ......

She highlighted that nearly two million people in Nigeria are living with HIV, many of whom are active members of the country's workforce. ......

Lors d?une rencontre, lundi, à Rabat, avec Mohammed VI, les chefs de la diplomatie du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger ont confirmé leur engagement à "accélérer" la mise en ?uvre de l?initiative du Maroc prévoyant un accès portuaire sur l'Atlantique aux pays enclavés du Sahel. Un mégaprojet par lequel Rabat compte réaffirmer sa souveraineté sur le Sahara occidental, tout en renforçant son influence régionale.

Riot police have been deployed in large numbers to separate the groups in Tunis.

Arguments after the kidnapping in France of an Algerian government critic reopen old wounds.

Millions of people in danger of starvation as crises persist.

Une concertation nationale organisée par la junte au pouvoir au Mali a recommandé mardi que son chef soit nommé sans élection "président de la République pour un mandat de cinq ans à partir de 2025, renouvelable", selon un document publié par la primature.

Mogadishu -- Somalia's lower house descended into turmoil on Wednesday as lawmakers engaged in physical altercations, trading punches and slaps in a chaotic session that exposed deep political divisions. ......

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm Wednesday about the increasingly catastrophic situation in Sudan's North Darfur, as deadly violence and mass displacement grip the region. The Secretary-General is appalled by the increasingly catastrophic situation in Sudan's North Darfur State, as deadly attacks continue on its capital, Al Fasher, which come just two weeks after an...

A meeting of the top diplomats in BRICS, an anti-American commercial...

Chairman of Sudanrsquo;s Sovereign Council Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan appointed Ambassador Dafallah al-Haj Ali as the minister of Cabinet affairs and prime minister caretaker on Wednesday. Al-Haj is the current...

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Download logo Fatoumata, aged 2 years and 4 months and wearing one of her most beautiful dresses, attended an event of great importance for her health on Friday morning, as her mother Niemba explains: ldquo;I was on my way to the community health centre for my childrsquo;s routine vaccination; from there, I was directed to the site of the ceremony where a new vaccine protecting children against malaria was being launched.rdquo; The event took place on World Malaria Day, 25 April, in Kalaban-Coro, 11 km from Bamako, and was attended by many mothers and their children. This was an opportunity to introduce the malaria vaccine, making Mali the 20th African country to incorporate it into its...

Download logo The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is concerned about recent political and security developments and warns against the risk of escalatory unilateral...

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that military authorities in West Africa have been increasingly using enforced disappearances as a means of repression against civil and political activists who criticize the government. The organization noted that the military and security forces in Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Burkina Faso resorted to unlawful detentions and enforced disappearances to silence activists and journalists who opposed those in power. Victims included activists,...

Download logo Terrorism, violent extremism, conflict, transnational organised crime, climate change, epidemics, poverty, inequality and unconstitutional changes of government are just some of the enormous challenges threatening human security and stability in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. These are major threats to peace and stability in the West African region, said the Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ms Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, on 28 April 2025 in Zuma Rock, Nigeria, at the opening of the 2025 technical session of the Joint Analysis and Response Planning Working Group...

An immigration expert was taken aback by a CNN report that the Trump administration is looking beyond El Salvador for a safe third country to ship undocumented migrants. CNN correspondent Priscilla Alvarez posted to X on Wednesday afternoon, Trump admin has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records to...

Une concertation organisée par la junte au pouvoir au Mali et boycottée par l'opposition a recommandé mardi de nommer le général Assimi Goïta président dès cette année pour un mandat de cinq ans renouvelable. Elle préconise par ailleurs de "dissoudre tous les partis politiques" et d'en "durcir les conditions de création".

The family of Osinachi Nwachukwu accused her husband of abusing the popular gospel singer before her death. ......

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday condemned foreign criticism of a mass trial against opposition figures, denouncing what he called external interference in the country?s ju ......

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday condemned foreign criticism of a mass trial against opposition figures, denouncing what he called external interference in the country?s ju ......