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…
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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…
President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm host 109 Senators of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The ECOWAS Parliament has pledged to support the people of Mali people as their country embarks on transition to democratic rule. Speaker of the parliament Sidie…
Protesters have hit the streets of Niamey, capital of Niger Republic, after Mohamed Bazoum of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) was declared…
“Someone is sleeping at the switch, it could be security officials, school officials, or even government officials”