As part of Denmark’s ‘new Africa strategy’ said on Monday it was shutting its embassies in Mali and Burkina Faso as military coups have "severely limited the scope for action in the Sahel region". However, the Scandinavian country said it would open embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda. Denmark also said it would bolster diplomatic staff at its embassies in Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Following the closures in Bamako and Ouagadougou, a special representative will be appointed for the African Great Lakes and Sahel region, it said.
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will introduce new biometric passports as they solidify a new alliance called the Alliance of
The breakaway block of West African nations is set to launch a web television service to fight what it calls
According to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) recent floods in northeast Nigeria have displaced at least 50,000 people from
Senior officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in Bamako on late last week to lay the groundwork for
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