September 16, 2020//-Cote d’Ivoire’s top court on Monday cleared the path for President Alassane Ouattara to seek a contentious third term, as protests turned violent in several cities and fears grew of a repeat of the conflict that claimed 3,000 lives in the West African country a decade ago.
September 10, 2020//-A massive fire is raging at the port of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, a little more than a month after a huge explosion devastated the port facilities and surrounding area.
Nairobi, Kenya, September 3, 2020//-The confrontation was caught on film. As three armed policemen try to pull Wanjira Wanjiru away, she clings to the wing-mirror of a parked car and refuses to move.
September 2, 2020//-Sudan’s transitional government on Monday signed a peace deal with rebel groups, in what donors and activists said signals a permanent end to the decades-old civil war.
September 1, 2020//-Driven partly by increased hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, almost three times as many Tunisian migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy already this year than did so in all of 2019.
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned. Paul Morigi/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Christopher Michael Faulkner, Centre College; Jaclyn Johnson, University of Kentucky; Jonathan Powell, University of Central Florida, and Rebecca Schiel, University of Central Florida August 21, 2020//-What appears to have started as a mutiny, and resulted in a coup, came on the heels of renewed […]
Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (centre) speaks during a press conference on August 19, 2020. ANNIE RISEMBERG/AFP via Getty Images Bruce Whitehouse, Lehigh University August 21, 2020//-Soldiers have ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who has now resigned, alongside the country’s prime minister.
August 18, 2020//-Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse have been detained by mutinying soldiers in the capital during an apparent coup attempt.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, August 17, 2020//-When 60 jihadists were killed and 40 captured in Burkina Faso’s northern Sahel region one day in April, the country’s beleaguered armed forces didn’t claim victory: A rival jihadist group did.
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara attends a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the country’s independence from France on August 7. SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images Adem K Abebe, University of Pretoria August 17, 2020//-Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara (78) has finally confirmed he’ll seek a third term in office in October. Within days of […]
