Senegal seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast, the navy said on Tuesday, in the West African country’s largest ever cocaine bust. The 2,026 kg of cocaine was found on a ship 363 km (226 miles) off the coast by naval forces[Read More…]
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Ex-Ivory Coast President Gbagbo Launches New Party, Vows To Stay In Politics
Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, flew home on Thursday from a decade in exile as thousands took to the streets to welcome him. Gbagbo touched down in Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan late[Read More…]
Guinea Bissau Military Foil Coup
The military in Guinea-Bissau has claimed foiling a coup by soldiers from within its ranks, APA learnt on Friday. In a statement Guinea-Bissau’s military chief General Biague Na Ntan said those involved in the attempted coup to overthrow civilian president Umaru Sissoco Embalo have been identified, arrested and detained. President[Read More…]
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