Togo’s Gnassingbé leads Great Lakes peace mediation
Dec. 5, 2025 Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has intensified diplomatic efforts across the Great Lakes region. Since his appointment as Mediator by the African Union (AU) in April 2025, Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has intensified diplomatic efforts across the Great Lakes region, successfully promoting a path toward lasting peace between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. Gnassingbé’s comprehensive mediation strategy involved imm
APA News
Dec 6
General sworn in as interim leader of Guinea-Bissau after coup
Officers order suspension of electoral process, border closures a day before presidential vote results expected. By: Rédaction Africanews with AP Nov. 27, 2025 New Guinea-Bissau leader, General Horta Inta-A, takes the oath of office in Bissau on 27 November 2025. - Copyright © africanews TGB Guinea-Bissau via AP/Copyright 2025 The AP. Military officials in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday named a general as the country’s transitional president. Horta Inta-A’s inauguration came a
Africanews
Dec 6
Sinking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’: Has the Ukraine war reached Senegal?
A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily damaged by explosions off the coast of Senegal last Thursday. While Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack, the bombing follows a campaign targeting ships accused of belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” – raising suspicions that the Ukraine war has spread all the way to West Africa. By: Sébastian SEIBT Dec. 3, 2025 The oil tanker Mersin was hit by a series of explosions off the coast of Da
France 24
Dec 6
A Family Erased in Mali
Apparent Military Drone Strike Kills Civilians The logo of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA), Bamako, Mali, February 15, 2025. © 2025 GOUSNO/AFP via Getty Images by Human Rights Watch | Ilaria Allegrozzi A quiet desert night in northern Mali turned deadly when an apparent military drone launched its explosive munition on a tent, leaving an entire family dead. The strike was a recent example of Malian military operations killing civilians and may amount to a war crime. The Nov
Human Rights Watch
Dec 3
Ten days after Senegal’s pledge to protect the right to information, two TV channels disappear for a week
The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the digital terrestrial television (TNT) network for eight days, without any official justification and in very opaque circumstances. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this arbitrary blackout and calls on the Senegalese authorities to honour their commitments and identify those behind the disappearance. The signals of two private television channels, 7TV and TFM , disappeared from the
Togo: AFED intentisifes campaign against gender-based violence
An advocacy and exchange meeting on the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) was held on Wednesday, November 5, in Blitta-Gare, about 270 km north of Lomé, the Togolese capital. Organised by the Association of Empowered Women for Development (AFED) under its “Voix Essentielles” project, with financial support from Speak Up Africa, the meeting brought together local authorities, women from agricultural cooperatives, and market vendors from Blitta-Gare, Blitta-Village, Dou
APA News
Nov 8
‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting
By Rebecca Bush James Marape skipped the meeting last year in protest but will attend Cop30 due to ‘encouraging signs’ on climate finance. Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape says developed nations are ‘ready to deliver on climate finance’ ahead of the Cop30 summit in Belém, Brazil. Photograph: Godfreeman Kaptigau Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has criticised Cop climate summits as “long on talk and short on action” but will attend the upcoming meet
The Guardian
Nov 8
Shock at $100,000 fee to contest Guinea elections to replace junta
Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a deposit of 875m Guinean francs ($100,000; £75,000) to contest December's election, which should see the military leaders hand power to civilians. By Nicolas Negoce Published Oct. 24, 2025 Junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has not announced if he is running for president. Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a de
BBC News
Oct 25
The WW2 massacre dividing Senegal and France
A new investigation found the 1944 Thiaroye attack on ‘unarmed’ African soldiers was ‘premeditated’, and far deadlier than previously recorded By Will Barker Published Oct. 23, 2025 Historians believe between 300 and 400 black soldiers were killed, compared to the official number of 35 (Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images) A new report into the 1944 Thiaroye massacre of African infantrymen by French soldiers in Senegal found that the shooting over pay
The Week
Oct 25
Fuel Blockade in Mali Raises Risk of Atrocities as Civilians Face Starvation and Isolation
A fuel blockade imposed by al-Qaeda-aligned militants has paralyzed the capital of Mali and roiled its repressive military government.
The Washington Post
Oct 22
Senegal hopes for truth on French massacre in Thiaroye
A long-awaited report commissioned by Senegal into the 1944 killing of dozens of African soldiers by French forces was to be handed to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday. Officials hope it will clarify the disputed death toll from the Thiaroye massacre. Issued on:16/10/2025 A general view shows the graves of the Senegalese infantrymen killed on 1 December, 1944 by the French army at the Thiaroye military cemetery in Dakar, on 26 November, 2024. AFP - SEYLLOU The shoo
Guinea votes to move from military to civilian rule
Guinea’s 6.7 million voters eligible to cast a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote on a new constitution. Sept. 21, 2025 A polling official holds referendum ballots at a polling station in Conakry, Guinea [Misper Apawu/AP] Guinea is holding a long-awaited referendum on a new constitution that could allow coup leader Mamady Doumbouya to run for president and would transition the African nation from military to civilian rule. Polls opened and will close later on Sunday for the 6.7 million eligi
Al Jazeera
Oct 18
