Burkina Faso : Actualité
Actualité : Burkina Faso : Actualité
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Stephen Keshi: Nigeria will make Africa proud at FIFA Confederations Cup
Cairo, Egypt - Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi has assured that the country's national football team, the Super Eagles, will make Africa proud by performing well at next month's FIFA Confederations Cup. |
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CAF analyses 2012, 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
Cairo, Egypt - African soccer's governing body CAF has kick-started a three-day symposium in Cairo, Egypt, to analyse the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. |
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Nigerian Customs Service arrests 3 foreigners over elephant tusks, processed ivory
Lagos, Nigeria - The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested two Chinese and one Malian for attempting to smuggle out of Nigeria over 21kg of processed ivory and elephant tusks, NCS spokesperson Thelma Williams told journalists here on Sunday. |
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Libya seeks technical support from European Reconstruction, Development Bank
Istanbul, Turkey - Libya has solicited technical support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the chairman of the financial institution, Libyan government officials said. |
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Mauritania picks French stand-in for sick coach of home-based team
Nouakchott, Mauritania - French coach Braconnier Pascal Albert is due to take over from his compatriot, Nicolas Santucci, as coach of the Mauritanian home-based football team. |
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Libya: Gunmen end siege at Libya’s ministries
Tripoli, Libya - The armed militia groups that laid a siege on Libya's Ministries of Justice as well as Foreign Affairs have ended their onslaught, following an agreement reached with the country’s transitional authorities. |
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Senegal's expulsion of blogger, blow to freedom of expression - HRW
Nairobi, Kenya - The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the expulsion of Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla by the Senegalese government, describing it as a blow to freedom of expression. |
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Nigeria's mega opposition party set to emerge
Lagos, Nigeria - The stage is finally set for the emergence of what is being touted as Nigeria's mega opposition party, to be called All Progressives Congress (APC), after the three opposition parties planning a merger rounded off their conventions to approve the alliance, PANA reported Sunday |
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Nigeria: Militia that killed 30 Nigerian policemen 'still holding four others'
Lagos, Nigeria - The deadly militia group that killed at least 30 policemen and many other security agents last week in Nigeria's northern Nasarawa State are still holding four policemen in captivity, the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, said. |
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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap wife, daughter of Bode Rhodes-Vivour
'Gunmen kidnap wife, daughter of Nigeria's Supreme Court Justice' - Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of Nigeria's Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, according to the local Punch newspaper. |
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Brig.-Gen. Yaye Garba AFISMA Deputy Commander dies
Lagos, Nigeria - The Deputy Force Commander of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), Brig.-Gen. Yaye Garba, has died, PANA reported Sunday, quoting ECOWAS sources. |
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Ethiopie: Arrestation de hauts fonctionnaires et d'hommes d'affaires pour corruption
La police éthiopienne a arrêté vendredi 13 responsables, dont le directeur général de l'Autorité des revenus douaniers et son adjoint, suite à des accusations de corruption formulées par la Commission Ethique et Anti-Corruption (CFEE), rapporte samedi l’agence de presse éthiopienne (ENA). |
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RD Congo: Des soldats tanzaniens dans l'est du pays
Arrivée vendredi dans l'est de la RDC de soldats tanzaniens - Un contingent de soldats tanzaniens est arrivé vendredi à Goma, dans l'est de la RD Congo (RDC) dans le cadre de la brigade d'intervention autorisée par l'ONU pour aider à neutraliser les groupes armés dans cette partie du pays, annonce samedi un communiqué de l'ONU publié à New York. |
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Chasse aux tueurs de policiers au Nigeria
Le président du Nigeria lance la chasse aux tueurs de policiers - Le président du Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, a ordonné à la Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), à la police et au State Security Service (SSS) de retrouver les personnes qui ont tué mardi plusieurs policiers dans l'Etat de Nasarawa , rapportent les médias locaux. |
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UE-Gambie: Un diplomate européen fait l'éloge des relations
Banjul, Gambie - A l'occasion de la célébration de la Journée de l'Europe à Banjul, le chef de la délégation de l’UE en Gambie, Mme Agnès Guillaud, a déclaré que les deux parties avaient favorisé le développement socio-économique du pays, en particulier dans les domaines du transport , des infrastructures, de la sécurité alimentaire, de l'éducation, de la gouvernance, de la croissance économique et de la réduction de la pauvreté. |
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Cameroun: Lancement d'un rapport du FMI sur des perspectives économiques régionales
Selon le Fonds Monétaire International (FMI), les perspectives de l’Afrique subsaharienne dans l’ensemble, restent favorables à court terme, a indiqué Antoinette Sayeh, directrice du Département Afrique du FMI ce samedi à Yaoundé, lors du lancement du rapport biennal de cette institution. |
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Nigeria: Aide aux familles de victimes Boko Haram
Aide financière de l'Etat de Borno aux familles de victimes Boko Haram - Plus de 150 veuves et orphelins des policiers et gardiens de prison tués mardi à Bama, dans l'Etat du nord-est de Borno, par des membres armés de Boko Haram, ont accepté 'à contre-coeur' 5 millions de nairas (33.000 dollars) octroyés par le gouverneur de l'Etat de Borno, Kashim Shettima, lors de sa visite de condoléances aux survivants de cette attaque. |
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Gambie: Libération de l'imam Baba Ly
Banjul, Gambie - L'imam gambien, Baba Ly, en détention depuis plus de cinq mois, a été libéré vendredi, a annoncé samedi la radio télévision publique gambienne, GRTS. |
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Décès de deux pilotes de l'armée de l'air du Nigeria
La CEDEAO compatit avec le Nigeria suite au décès de deux de ses pilotes - Le président de la Commission de la CEDEAO, Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, a adressé un message de condoléances au président du Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, suite au décès de deux pilotes de l'armée de l'air du Nigeria qui ont trouvé la mort dans le cadre de leur participation à la Mission internationale de soutien au Mali sous conduite africaine (MISMA). |
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Mali: La CEDEAO et ses partenaires font des progrès irréversibles
Actualité au Mali - La CEDEAO et la communauté internationale ont fait des progrès irréversibles au Mali en libérant le nord de ce pays de l'emprise des terroristes et en garantissant son intégrité territoriale, a affirmé le président de la Commission de la Communauté économique des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO), Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo. |
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Security: UN Security Council counter-terrorism panel focus on Mali, the Sahel, Somalia
New York, US - The UN Security Council Counter-terrorism committee dealing with Al-Qaida is strengthening its work and cooperation with related UN bodies to more urgently address the evolving threats posed by the network in Mali, the Sahel and Somalia, a UN statement said on Saturday. |
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New York: UN calls for greater protection of birds' habitats
Protection of birds' habitats - As an estimated 50 billion birds commence their annual migrations, the critical staging areas they need to complete these journeys continue to be degraded or are disappearing completely, the UN warned on Saturday. |
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DR Congo: Tanzanian troops arrive in eastern DR Congo
New York, US - A contingent of Tanzanian soldiers Friday arrived in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the intervention brigade authorized by the UN to help neutralize armed groups in this volatile part of the country, a UN statement said on Saturday. |
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Nigeria: Goodluck Jonathan orders crackdown on killers of police officers
Lagos, Nigeria - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, has ordered the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), the police and the State Security Service (SSS) to fish out killers of scores of policemen in the central Nasarawa State on Tuesday, according to local media reports. |
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Ethiopia: Corruption 'claims' senior govt. officials, businessmen
Corruption Ethiopia - Ethiopian police on Friday arrested 13 officials, including the Director General of the powerful Customs and Revenue Authority and his Deputy on charges of corruption filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEAC), the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported Saturday. |
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European Union diplomat eulogises relations between Gambia, Europe
Banjul, Gambia - On the occasion of celebrations marking Europe Day in Banjul, the head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Gambia, Madam Agnès Guillaud, said both parties had enhanced the socio-economic development of the country, especially in the areas of transportation and infrastructure, food security, education, governance, economic growth and poverty reduction. |
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Gambia: Government releases detained popular Islamic cleric, Baba Leigh
Popular Islamic cleric Imam Baba Leigh, who was held incommunicado for a little over five months, has been released by the Gambian government, according to State-owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS). |
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World Economic Forum: Debunk myths about Africa's potential
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Africa cannot continue to be marketed as a country, when it is a continent of 54 countries, which, by 2040 will have the largest workforce in the world, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, has told a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. |
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Boko Haram-Nigeria: Slain Officers’ wives seek relocation, husbands’ bodies
Over 150 widows and orphans of the policemen and prisons officials killed on Tuesday in Bama, north eastern Borno State, by Boko Haram gunmen, have 'grudgingly' accepted a 5 million Naira (US$ 33,000) donation by the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, when he paid a condolence visit to survivors of the attack. |
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Nigeria: Unbridled orgy of killings dominates Nigerian media
The recent breakdown of law and order, resulting in the mass killing of persons, including security operatives, women and children, was the major story in Nigeria this week. Just as the presidential panel on dialogue with Boko Haram kicked off its mission with a visit to some prisons where it consulted with detained Boko Haram high-ranking officials, the violent Islamic sect let all hell loose, indulging in wanton killings across some States in the northern part of the country. |
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Nigeria: ECOWAS sympathises with Nigeria over pilots' death
Abuja, Nigeria - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, has sent a condolence message to Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, over the death of two Nigerian Air Force fighter-jet pilots who died while providing support to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). |