Surveillance cameras boost security across Yaoundé

The capital of Cameroon, Yaoundé, has seen a significant drop in crime rates since the widespread deployment of surveillance cameras. These devices now protect homes, businesses, plantations, and even schools,…

Algeria launches power plant project in Chad after Niger inauguration

Algeria continues its solidarity efforts across Africa. On Monday in N’Djamena, Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, alongside Chad’s Prime Minister Allamaye Halina, led the groundbreaking ceremony for the 40-megawatt Algeria-Chad solidarity…

Niger cracks down on cocaine smuggling hidden in second-hand clothes

A daring operation in Zinder, Niger, has exposed a sophisticated transnational cocaine smuggling ring after authorities seized 920 grams of the illicit substance cleverly concealed within bales of second-hand clothing.…

Burkina Faso’s quiet pivot to western partners for military medical training

Despite increasingly hostile official rhetoric against Western powers within the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), the reality on the ground and in technical cooperation tells a more nuanced story. On…

Morocco reaffirms dedication to un peacekeeping missions

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr Nasser Bourita, received on Monday in Rabat the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who is on his second…

Côte d’Ivoire’s mobile money agents grapple with persistent cash shortages

Côte d’Ivoire currently boasts over 400,000 mobile money service points, a staggering 300 times more than the total number of automated teller machines (ATMs) across the nation, according to the…

Chad court case: man faces charges for reselling same plot to multiple buyers

N’Djamena — A man is standing trial in Chad’s capital after allegedly selling the same plot of land to multiple buyers while threatening their lives. The High Court of N’Djamena…

African union commissioner praises Morocco’s development

African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, and Mining, Francisca Tatchouop Belobe, lauded Morocco’s significant achievements under the astute leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI during…

Mali faces growing press freedom crisis as journalist Chahana Takiou summoned

In a stark escalation of judicial pressure against dissenting voices, Chahana Takiou, editor-in-chief of the Malian newspaper Le 22 Septembre, has been summoned by the cybercrime unit prosecutor in Bamako…

Man arrested in Mpumalanga after filmed assault on grandmother over pension dispute

Mbombela (South Africa), 8 June 2026 – Police in Mpumalanga province have arrested a man suspected of violently assaulting his grandmother in the Nkomazi municipality. The arrest on Sunday 7…

Cameroun senate final checks before june 2026 session begins

The Cameroun Senate stands fully ready for the start of its ordinary June 2026 session, scheduled for tomorrow, 9 June. Demonstrating administrative thoroughness, Senate Secretary General Gustave Léopold Ngane, alongside…

She okitundu and psdv back rubio, reject prévot’s stance on rwandan troop withdrawal from drc

Former deputy prime minister and current national deputy Léonard She Okitundu, along with his political party, the Social Democratic Green Party (PSDV), have issued a strong reaction to two recent…