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Libya flights to Italy resume after nearly 10 years
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Libya flights to Italy resume after nearly 10 years

A Libyan airline has flown passengers to Italy for the first time in almost 10 years after a nearly decade-long

DRC: Opponent Fayulu confirms presidential candidacy
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DRC: Opponent Fayulu confirms presidential candidacy

Political opponent Martin Fayulu, who has been keeping suspense alive for the past few weeks, has confirmed his candidacy for

Madagascar: opposition rally denied
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Madagascar: opposition rally denied

In Madagascar, a collective of 11 presidential candidates was prevented from holding a pre-campaign launch rally at the Palais des

Gabon: residents react one month post military coup
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Gabon: residents react one month post military coup

Residents of Libreville, the gabonese capital share their views on the situation in their post-coup country as political and economic

Burkina Faso: Partisans demonstrate in support to junta one year post coup
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Burkina Faso: Partisans demonstrate in support to junta one year post coup

One year after the coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power in Burkina Faso, people rallied in the streets

Marseille exhibit around cars tells little-known history of Maghreb families in France
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Marseille exhibit around cars tells little-known history of Maghreb families in France

With no satnav or air conditioning, entire families would travel by car for several days from France to Tunisia, Morocco

Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike
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Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike

82-year-old Rached Ghannouchi is the most prominent of roughly two dozen opponents of President Kais Saied arrested since February, including

Côte d’Ivoire: towards the introduction of a visa to enter Tunisia
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Côte d’Ivoire: towards the introduction of a visa to enter Tunisia

Côte d’Ivoire has launched procedures for the introduction of a visa with Tunisia, a departure country for thousands of sub-Saharan

Burkina Faso: 1 year after the Traoré putsch, the security challenge persists
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Burkina Faso: 1 year after the Traoré putsch, the security challenge persists

After taking power on September 30, 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traoré gave himself “two to three months” to improve the security

Gabon charges wife of ousted president with ‘money laundering’
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Gabon charges wife of ousted president with ‘money laundering’

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin was charged by an investigating judge on Thursday, Gabon’s public prosecutor announced on state TV channels