Less than 4 % of African total arable land is irrigated compared to 33 % in Asia and the Pacific and 29% in the Middle East.FAO data shows that the continent has 265 million undernourished people. “Africa...

Mauritania and Senegal have agreed to strengthen security cooperation on their common border to better control migration flows, transnational crime and terrorism, declared Mister Abdoulaye Balde, Senegalese Minister of Defense after a visit to Nouakchott.It is of...

The Great Lakes region, Rwanda, Burundi, democratic republic of Congo (DRC), and others African countries are targeted by the Asian orientation. The French, Americans, and other powers want to limit the intrusion of China who eyes all...

After the Chadian government, it is the turn of the Congolese to demand the departure of UN peacekeepers stationed on their territory.Kinshasa wants the withdrawal of peacekeepers to start next June and be completed a year later...

“There will be no war for oil between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana”, said Ghanaian Minister of Mines and Energy. He added “whatever the technical and legal arguments that can be developed by the parties, economic solutions and...

The European Union has frozen all its cooperation with Niamey since the “military coup” last February 18 of the Nigerian junta. But in reality and since last fall, the E.U has embarked on the path of economic...

Officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched a “firearm for $50” disarmament campaign in the eastern region. They expect to collect about “20 000 to 30 000 guns at first” but did not say how long...

That was the message delivered by Ms. Robin Rene Sanders, United States Ambassador to Nigeria. She called on Nigerian authorities to take decisive steps to address extremists from outside the country.She said although Nigeria is taking steps...

Defense chiefs from the East African Community member states agreed on a proposal that creates the framework for military intervention if a member state falls into crisis.The Protocol has to go through regular chain –The Sectoral Committee...

Security source released, on Monday, that five Niger soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen close to Niger’s border with Mali. The raid close to Oualam, (north of Niger’s capital Niamey) took place in an...