Benin: The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (PNAT) has opened a preliminary investigation for assassination in connection with a terrorist enterprise after the death of a 50-year-old Frenchman in a terrorist attack perpetrated in a national park in the north of the country (PNAT)
3 year agoGuinea-Bissau: The country is recovering from the coup attempt, ECOWAS sends soldiers there
Guterres: The cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union today is stronger than ever
Six killed in failed coup in Guinea-Bissau, president sees link to drugs
A reported coup in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has left many members of the security forces dead, its president says
The explosion of a truck in Ghana that was carrying explosives leaves at least 17 dead and 59 injured
3 year agoMine explosives being transported to Chirano Mines in the Western region of Ghana exploded during the journey after the truck collided with a motorcycle. The blast at Apeatse destroyed about 500 structures and left a crater in the Tarkwa-Bogoso road. Many are feared dead
3 year agoTruck carrying explosive materials ignites in southwest Ghana, destroying buildings and killing many people
3 year agoMorocco- the January 15 stabbing & killing of 79 y/o tourist from France in Tiznit market being investigated as a terrorist attack. Assailant is also suspected to be responsible for attempted killing of a person from Belgium in Agadir on the same day
3 year agoA stampede at a church gathering in Liberia's capital Monrovia has killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister announces on state radio
New sanctions imposed on Mali by Economic Community of West African States
3 year agoPresidents Burkina-bé @rochkaborationpf and Beninese @PatriceTalonPR talk about the security crisis in the Sahel and the threats to the Gulf of Guinea countries, on the sidelines of the extraordinary summits of UEMOA and ECOWAS, in Accra
Benin: Two soldiers of the Beninese armed forces died and two were injured this morning after their vehicle was blown up on an artisanal mine, according to security sources
A private source to Arraed: There was a meeting on Saturday in Morocco between Aqila and Al-Mishri, Bilqasem Haftar and Mustafa Qaddour. Constitution and Elections were discussed without reaching a conclusion
3 year agoWing loong taking off at Smara 26.736644, -11.686427 via @zaindinrachid19
13 Guardia Civil officers were injured as around 500 sub-Saharan Africans tried to scale the fence and enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla. The officers were met with "extreme violence" and were attacked with sticks, hooks and rocks immigration
![Two Turkish A400M cargo planes took off from drone producer Baykar's test center at Tekirdağ and landed in Gambia's capital Banjul. Over 18 years, Turkey supported Gambia's army with training of 8500 soldiers and equipment. [@Gerjon_, @hermes_z]](https://westafrica.liveuamap.com/pics/2021/12/27/22365081_0.jpg)
3 year agoTwo Turkish A400M cargo planes took off from drone producer Baykar's test center at Tekirdağ and landed in Gambia's capital Banjul. Over 18 years, Turkey supported Gambia's army with training of 8500 soldiers and equipment. [@Gerjon_, @hermes_z]
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 7 km S of Tirhanimîne, Morocco
West African states call for Mali polls in February, threaten sanctions: official
3 year agoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa with Senegal's Macky Sall ahead of official talks between the two countries. Yesterday the leaders took part in the Senegal Peace and Security Conference where they raised concerns about the threats posed by the Covid19 pandemic.
3 year agoMilitary authorities in Guinea have announced that Former president Alpha Condé has been transferred to his wife's home in Landreah district in Conakry- adding he wld continue to be given treatment 'worthy of his rank'. Condé had been in military custody since September 5th coup
3 year agoIsrael's aerospace industries received 22 million dollars in a deal with Morocco, according to a report in @Haaretz. Several earlier reports have indicated that the deal included "suicide drones", which could be used in the Western Sahara conflict
Morocco is suspending all incoming air travel for two weeks in response to the rapidly spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Foreign Ministry announced Sunday
Morroco and Israel have signed a defense MOU that "sets a solid security cooperation framework that formalizes defense relations between the two countries, allowing for increased cooperation in the fields of intelligence, industrial collaboration, military training and more
3 year agoUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Abuja en route to Accra Ghana
Israeli minister of defense Benny Gantz will visit Morocco next week. This will be the first ever visit by an Israeli minister of defense in Morocco. During the visit Gantz will sign a defense cooperation MOU with his Moroccan counterpart
3 year agoAlgeria accused Morocco of being behind the attack.. Spanish intelligence revealed that the killing of the three Algerians in the targeting of their trucks on the border between Western Sahara and Mauritania "was carried out by a drone."
3 year agoAlgerian SU-30 have gone in high alert for emergency take off with R-27 and R-73 missiles
ClimateChange "looming crisis" that could dwarf all others in North Africa & the Sahel, per @StateDept's Sasahara She notes ClimateChange helping fuel extremism & the Shahara is now 10% larger than it was in 1920.causing migration, with migrants being drawn into conflicts
The Prosecutor's Office denounces the Falangist leader Isabel Peralta for urging violence against Moroccan migrants in a rally in Madrid
