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Burkinabe nationals were among the hundreds of migrants rescued by the Mauritanian coast guard between late May and early June 2026 as they attempted to reach the Canary Islands.

The Senegalese National Gendarmerie has announced the seizure of CFA 752,907,527 in counterfeit currency during a highly successful operation conducted south of Dakar.

The city of Dakhla is currently buzzing with the rhythm of the 14th edition of the International Film Festival, which highlights the profound richness and diversity of African and Arab cinematography through feature films and documentaries.

The Dakar Gendarmerie Research Unit has arrested six foreign nationals in connection with a highly sophisticated telecommunications fraud case, marking a significant breakthrough in ongoing regional efforts to combat economic crime and offences involving information and communication technologies.

Tunisian justice on Tuesday sentenced Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi to life imprisonment, accompanied by an additional 30-year prison term, in the high-profile “secret apparatus” case handled by the judicial counter-terrorism unit.

Malian Minister of National Education Amadou Sy Savané met with a high-level World Bank delegation in Bamako on June 1, 2026, to discuss future projects aimed at strengthening the country’s education sector.

Forty recruits from the seventh intake of Mali’s National Youth Service (SNJ) have been dismissed for insubordination and refusal to obey orders, according to an administrative decision issued on June 2, 2026.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in the Republic of the Congo has officially inaugurated the Youth Talent Lab, named “La Pépinière” (The Nursery), in Brazzaville.

A bus full of passengers was kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday while travelling from Ethiopia’s Amhara region to the capital Addis Ababa.

At least 16 students died in a dormitory fire that broke out at about 2.00 am at Utumishi Girls High School in Nakuru County, about 120km north-west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, authorities confirmed on Thursday.