Tag Archives: West Africa

Muhamad Yehia Serra Leone has recalled its ambassador to Guinea after a vehicle belonging to the country’s embassy was found with seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine. Guinea’s authorities impounded the vehicle on Monday and detained its occupants, suspecting them of trafficking drugs. According to Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister, Alhaji Musa …

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence, but has been denounced for rights abuses. President Mohamed …