The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, was sworn-in at the 62nd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Abuja, Nigeria on Sunday, December 4, 2022. In his inaugural speech, Dr. Touray thanked the Heads of State and Government for the[Read More…]
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Senegal To Receive Aid Payouts From Drought Insurance – Spokesperson
Senegal is due to receive around 330,000 pounds ($400,500) in insurance payments from aid organisations to protect against the risk of drought, a spokesperson for the aid groups said on Thursday. The insurance taken out by the Start Network group of humanitarian nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) was triggered on Monday at[Read More…]
Africa’s ‘Kremlin Propagandists’ On Washington Watchlist
Two African activists have been accused by the United States of participating in a campaign of disinformation on behalf of Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, who founded the mercenary group Wagner. The US State Department claimed that Kémi Séba and Nathalie Yamb “allow Kremlin-linked entities to maintain plausible deniability of Russia’s[Read More…]