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Germany is keen to pursue gas projects with Senegal, says Scholz on first African tour
By Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh DAKAR/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany wants to intensively pursue gas and renewable energy projects with Senegal,...
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Senegal president says he will visit Moscow and Kyiv in coming weeks
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese President Macky Sall said he would visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming weeks in his...
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Chad urges Mali junta to reconsider withdrawal from anti-militant force
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby has urged Mali's military junta to reconsider its decision to withdraw...
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U.N. says Benin will terminate contribution to peacekeeping mission in Mali
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Benin has decided to terminate its military and police unit contributions to a United Nations peacekeeping...
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When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn’t get them. Now they don’t want them
By Edward McAllister and Cooper Inveen DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) - It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber...
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IMF and Niger reach staff-level agreement on $53 million loan
DAKAR (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Niger have reached a staff-level agreement on a first programme review...
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Germany to end EU training mission in Mali
MESEBERG, Germany (Reuters) -Germany will end its participation in the European Union training mission in Mali but is ready to...
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UN chief calls for debt relief, post-COVID investment on W. Africa trip
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more...
Read moreAt least one killed in attack on north Benin police station
COTONOU (Reuters) - At least one police officer was killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station...
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Park rangers enter fray in West Africa’s battle with militants
By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - When a dozen suspected Islamist militants from a neighbouring country were spotted riding motorcycles...
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Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks
(Fixes formatting of byline) By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon...
Read moreArmed men kill 11 security force members in Niger attacks, government says
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Unidentified armed men killed seven border police and four National Guard members in separate attacks in different...
Read moreFive soldiers killed in attack in northern Benin park
COTONOU (Reuters) - Five soldiers were killed by suspected Islamist militants in northern Benin's Pendjari National Park, two military sources...
Read moreAt least 16 killed in Burkina Faso army base attack
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters were killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an...
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West Africa faces historic food crisis driven by conflict, price surge
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought,...
Read moreMali says military operation in Moura area kills 200 militants
DAKAR (Reuters) - Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of...
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U.N. peacekeepers deployed to northeastern Mali amid spate of killings
(Corrects to remove additional reporting credit, no change in text) By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) -The United Nations peacekeeping force...
Read moreMali to suspend French broadcasters France 24 and RFI
PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali will suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24 in an unprecedented clampdown...
Read moreMore than 30 people killed in Burkina Faso armed attacks
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Armed militants killed at least eight people who were collecting water in a town in northern Burkina...
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West African leaders cancel Burkina Faso visit after military president’s inauguration
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - West African leaders have cancelled a planned trip to Burkina Faso to meet coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba,...
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