By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere France has decided to suspend “until further notice all its development aid and budget support actions” for Burkina Faso, the French Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday 6 August. This announcement is made while Burkina Faso and Mali are in solidarity with the soldiers who took …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere Kenya and the DRC signed a Military Cooperation Agreement in Goma (North Kivu) on Friday, 4 August. Kenyan side was represented by Aden Barre Duale, Minister of National Defence while the DRC was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Jean-Pierre Bemba. …

By: Robert Patrick Fati Gakwerere On Friday, France rejected a move by Niger’s junta to scrap bilateral military pacts, saying only the west African country’s “legitimate” leadership was entitled to do so. Meanwhile regional Ecowas delegation quit the country after failing to secure the return to power of Niger’s elected government. …