Togo has now fixed April 29 as the date for legislative elections after initially delaying the polls over a controversial constitutional reform, according to a government statement…
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In order to find a lasting solution to the Niger crisis, the Algerian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf arrived Nigeria on Wednesday and is expected to tour…
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has dismissed reports of widespread violence and voter suppression during the governorship and House of Assembly elections held on…
Les Democrates, Benin Republic’s main opposition party has rejected provisional results from Sunday’s parliamentary election. Benin’s electoral body said the party won 28 seats in the…
The discovery of 28 men killed by gunfire in the town of Nouna, Burkina Faso has sparked an investigation into the murders. Prosecutors have not yet…
Former Minister of Justice of Benin Joseph Djogbénou has resigned from the Constitutional Court. A press release from the secretary general of the institution confirmed Djogbénou’s resignation without…
Terrorists have killed at least 100 civilians in a rural area of northern Burkina Faso border with Niger Republic over the weekend. The assailants targeted men…
Mali’s ruling military junta has begun a process to suspend broadcasts by French state-funded RFI radio and France 24 television because they report “false allegations” of…
Presidential aspirants aiming to contest in the 2023 presidential election under the standard of Nigeria’s largest opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will have to…
Burkina Faso’s new military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has approved a transitional charter which will allow him stay three years in power. The charter which was drawn-up by a…