Save the Children (Westport, CT) PRESS RELEASE More than 136,000 people, including nearly 74,000 children, are trapped in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, with armed groups preventing the entry of food, medicines and other essential supplies, Save the Children said. The siege of the historic city, which started in August, has led…
By Jerry Chifamba Harare — The military administration of Niger repealed anti-migration legislation that helped in lowering the number of West Africans travelling to Europe, but was despised by residents of the desert whose businesses depended on the traffic, BBC reports. The 2015 law was abolished on November 25, and proclaimed on Monday evening…
A high-powered delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and government officials from Nigeria arrived in Sierra Leone on a visit to the Sierra Leonean president and government to show solidarity with the people and government and offer support for the government’s efforts to restore calm after the military breach in…
A nationwide curfew has been declared by the Sierra Leonean government following reports from Sierra Leone of Intense gunfire in the capital, Freetown. Sources report that the gunfire originated from the main military barracks at Wilberforce, near the president’s lodge. Details are limited currently, but senior military sources say there was a breach in the…
By Ejiroghene Barrett, Ben Asante. Liberia’s former Vice-President, Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s win at the country’s presidential run-off elections marks a major milestone for the country’s political rebirth, but also highlights the immense responsibilities ahead that would determine the next phase of the country’s social and economic trajectory. For political commentators in Liberia, Boakai’s victory would…
Mali and Russia have signed a deal to build a Gold Refinery in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. The deal involves building a refinery to process 200 tons of gold annually. Reports say the project will allow Mali to control all gold production in the country and “correctly apply all taxes and duties”. Commentators…
Head of the Nigerièn military junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani, arrived Bamako, the Malian capital, for a working visit, his first trip outside the country since assuming power. He was received at the airport by the Head of the Malian interim government, Colonel Assimi Goita. The visit is coming ahead of Mali’s plans to host ministers…
The recent meeting between Ivorian president, Allasan Ouattara, and the head of the Gabonese military junta, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, on the side-lines of the Saudi Arabia – Africa Summit, has stirred mixed reactions from political commentators across West Africa. It is of note that President Ouattara, who vehemently condemned the coups d’état in the…
Following Senegal’s Supreme Court ruling on opposition leader Ousmane Sonko’s ineligibility for the presidential elections on November 17, his Pastef party announced another candidate to contest in the upcoming presidential election. The opposition Pastef party on Sunday designated Bassirou Diomaye Faye, secretary-general of the party and right-hand man of Ousmane Sonko, as its candidate for the February…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has congratulated Liberia’s president-elect, Joseph Boakai, on his victory at the November 14 run-off election. It also congratulated the people of Liberia for a peaceful process. Observers say that the election had significantly low occurrences of irregularities and this significantly improved the legitimacy of the process. In…
