Author: MoroccoTomorrow

* Wade congratulates rival Sall in telephone call * Vote tests Senegal’s stability after protests (Adds early results, celebrations in Dakar) By Diadie Ba and Bate Felix DAKAR, March 25 (Reuters) – Senegal’s...

by Malick Rokhy Ba – DAKAR (AFP) Macky Sall’s political career appeared to have peaked under Abdoulaye Wade, where after serving as prime minister he fell from favour. On Sunday however, he replaced his former mentor...

by Serge Daniel – BAMAKO (AFP) Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, once a US-trained English instructor to his fellow Malian officers, has emerged as the leader of a military junta which ousted a democratic regime. The middle-aged...

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) A former police officer and two of his friends were killed Sunday in a shootout in Nigeria that also killed three suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist group. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman...