West Africa

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84 in Mali, according to information. The cause of Cissé’s death was not announced. The Malian government said Cissé had just held a press conference to present two trophies as a …

French oil group Total Energies announced on Tuesday the sale of its assets in Burkina Faso, a few weeks after a similar operation in Mali, reports said. Total Energies announced on Tuesday, February 18, the sale of its assets in Burkina Faso to Coris Investment Group, a company headed by …

According to reports, Ivory Coast, through its future National Development Plan (NDP) covering the period 2026-2030, aims to achieve a poverty rate below 20% by 2030. Against a backdrop of strong demographic growth of 2.6% per year, the average per capita income is to be revised upwards. From 1,722 dollars …

Seven chefs from West Africa were competing in an African gastronomy competition held in the Senegalese capital as they were asked to create original dishes based on an imposed ingredient: fonio. Benin’s Jean Zinsou, who prepared a fonio rosti with a poultry roulade stuffed with a Senegalese fruit sauce, finally …

The British firm Henley & Partners has confirmed the power of the Togolese passport, ranking it as the second most advantageous travel document within the UEMOA zone. This ranking is based on the number of destinations accessible without a visa. In this respect, Togolese travellers can visit 61 destinations without …

Dozens of people, the majority of them women, died after the collapse of an illegal gold mine in western Mali on Saturday, February 15, 2025. The victims had climbed into the open-pit left by industrial miners in the hope of finding small pieces of gold, reports said. Rescue operations continued …

A jealous lover has allegedly set fire to the room of his girlfriend at Axim in the Western Region, Ghana, according to reports. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2025, while the lady’s children were asleep in the room. The two children, identified as 16-year-old and …

As the world prepares to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Thursday February 14, voices are being raised in Nigeria calling for a ban on this festival of Hearts and Beautiful Colors. Indeed, Bishop Charles Ighele, Superintendent General of the Holy Spirit Mission in Lagos, has called for a ban on Valentine’s …

The Agona Kwanyarko Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly stabbing an Okada rider to death at Agona Okoto-Kwaa in the Agona East District of the Central Region, Ghana. According to reports, “the suspects, who have been handed over to the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command, killed the rider after …

Paper artist Mylène Amon spent 120 hours creating 130 optical illusion representations on the theme of Ivory Coast in portrait, surpassing the previous record of 100 portraits held by a Nigerian. This Guinness Record-holding optical artist has just taken up the challenge of a marathon that began on February 5 …