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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 …

Meta announces the deployment of thousands of kilometers of undersea cable to unleash the global potential of artificial intelligence. The American giant Meta thus intends to strengthen its independence by relying on an infrastructure that is as essential as it is sensitive. For the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, …

On Tuesday, February 18, 2025, the Chadian army announced the end of Operation Haskanite, launched last November against Boko Haram, according to reports. The operation resulted in the neutralization of almost 300 terrorists and the death of 27 Chadian forces, reports stated. The Haskanite operation was launched on November 7, …

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 …

Only five Africans feature in the list of the world’s 100 highest-paid sportsmen and women in 2024 published by the Sportico website, headed by Cameroonian basketball player Joe Embiid, who earned a total of $58.40 million. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games with the USA, beating …

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 …

More than 30 people were killed in a bus accident on a mountain road when the driver lost control of the vehicle in Bolivia, according to police. The accident happened between the cities of Potosi and Oruro, police said. The driver likely lost control of the vehicle, causing it to …

Ugandas Jacob Kiplimo set a men’s half-marathon word record on Sunday and also became the first runner to go under 57 minutes.  The 24-year-old Kiplimo set a time of 56 minutes, 41 seconds at a road race in Barcelona, smashing the previous record of 57:30 by Ethiopian distance runner Yomif …

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 …