Senegal’s new president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye signals a new path for Senegal. According to preliminary official results, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is the newly elected president of Senegal. The lawyer and former tax inspector, and the youngest elected president in Senegal’s history, fought great odds stacked against him to emerge winner. Former Prime Minister and candidate…
Togolese president, Faure Gnassingbe’, will now only require Parliament’s vote to be president. photo credit: Gettyimages. The Togolese parliament has adopted a new Constitution that changed the country’s presidential system of government to a parliamentary one. The vote comes less than a month before the next legislative elections in Togo, but it is not yet…
After its decision to annul the military agreements signed with the United States (U.S), Niger appears to be preparing the grounds for new strategic partnerships outside its former western allies, making it a possible focal point for a major geopolitical race in the coming years. Head of the country’s military government, Brigadier General Abdourahamane Tiani,…
Opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, casting his vote. Photo credit: AP Reports from Senegal indicate that a major upset may be unfolding as opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is leading in Senegal’s presidential election, after several rivals conceded following initial vote counts. Supporters of Faye celebrated across the country’s capital, Dakar, as early results from…
U.S military base 201 in Niger. The Nigerien government has officially asked the United States to provide a timetable for the withdrawal of its troops from the country. This decision comes in a context of growing tensions between the two countries on the question of the American military presence. On March 16, the spokesperson for…
Foreign minister of Niger(L) and Iran (R) Tehran in 2023. Niger’s recent termination of all military pacts with the United States of America may stem from the military junta striking a clandestine deal with Iran for uranium access, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. A US delegation expressed concerns during a mid-March visit about Niger’s…
By Adama Traoré Reports of several foiled coup attempts against the Captain Ibrahim Traoré-led military junta in Burkina Faso, eight in 12 months, reveal how volatile the current political situation in the country is, fuelled by a complex but subtle interplay of internal and external forces. In a previous incident, a former Chief of Staff…
Niger’s ruling military junta has cancelled with immediate effect a military agreement that allows United States (U.S.) military personnel and civilian staff on its soil, describing the approach adopted by the U.S. government in discussions about political transition as “condescending”. The announcement comes on the heels of a visit by US delegation led by assistant…
Photo credit: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo The release from prison of Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his chosen candidate for this month’s delayed election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, following an amnesty announced by President Macky Sall, has increased the political pulse of the country. The two met thousands of their jubilant supporters in the capital, Dakar,…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect in compliance with the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and…
