The West African regional bloc, ECOWAS is set to hold a regular Summit on Sunday in Abuja, to end a chaotic year characterized by two successful…
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Gambians on Saturday turned out enmasse to vote to choose their president using a unique voting system, where marbles were dropped into the ballot drums of…
Demonstrations turned violent in Ouagadougou on Saturday after police shot tear gas to disperse a march against the state’s failure to stem a wave of militant…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali’s transitional leaders after they informed the body that the country wouldn’t be…
An ex-general and three other former associates of ousted president Alpha Conde are among the first ministers named by Guinea’s coup leaders. The junta has repeatedly…
Guinea’s main opposition leader, Cellou Dalein Diallo, has welcomed the ouster of President Alpha Condé describing it as an opportunity for a new beginning for the…
Stephen L. Esquith, Michigan State University Prior to the military coup in 2012, Mali was praised for its transition to democracy in West Africa. That is…
No fewer than 69 people Ivoriens arrested and detained in the violence that marred the 2020 presidential election have been released in the country. About 100…
A court in the Benin Republic has ordered the release of Ropo, the wife of one of the leaders of the Yoruba Nation secessionist movement, Sunday…
A bill seeking to establish a National Electoral Offences Commission (NEOC) as well as jail ballot snatchers for 20 years has been passed by the Nigerian…