Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate in charge of the National Defense Administration (C) and General Kassoum Coulibaly, Minister of Defense if Burkina Faso (R). As part of an official visit to Morocco, the Burkinabè Minister of Defense, General Kassoum Coulibaly, and his Moroccan counterpart, Abdellatif Loudiyi, sealed a military cooperation agreement on Wednesday. This agreement,…
Scene of the attack on Malian and Russian Wagner forces by Taureg rebels near Tinzaouaten, Mali. The recent capture of the strategic town of Inafarak has raised hopes that the Malian government’s battle to regain total control of the country may be on track. However, there are also worries that these successes have forced the…
The military government of Burkina Faso has denounced the expulsion of 173 of its citizens from Cote D’Ivoire “in defiance of humanitarian rules”. The people, all from the same community, made up mainly of women and children, were pushed back from Ivory Coast. They were received by Burkinabè officials on July 16, 2024 in Yendéré,…
Image for Illustration. Mali is carrying out a major military operation on the Algerian border, aiming to recover and secure its territory. After the recapture of the town of Inafarak, the Malian army deployed troops in the locality of Boghassa, heading towards Tin-Zautin, a strategic Tuareg stronghold. A military convoy accompanied by reconnaissance drones was…
The military government in Burkina faso has warned that it would withdraw mining licenses from nations that refuse to sell weapons or equipment to the Sahelian state. This was announced by the Head of the junta, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, last week , during his meeting with representatives of the country’s Armed forces in Ouagadougou. Speaking…
The Department of Economic Affairs and Agriculture of the ECOWAS Commission has called for expedited implementation of the single currency program in a report to the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament on Monday, 15 July 2024, during the parliament’s First Ordinary Session. The report highlighted numerous challenges faced by the department and proposed solutions,…
Military Leaders of the AES emerging from discussions during the alliance’s first Joint Summit, where announced the creation of a Confederation. On Saturday, July 6, Niger’s president received his two counterparts from Mali and Burkina Faso at the Niamey airport as they arrived to deliberate on what would become the most significant political realignment the…
Leaders of the AES countries: Col. Assimi Goita of Mali (L), Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger (C), and Capt. Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso (R). Efforts to bring back Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) union may have suffered a setback with the signing of a treaty…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu gets another one-year term as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the State House,…
Ambassador Dr. AI-Hassan Conteh, Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, is the acting President of the University of Liberia. Liberia’s President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has appointed celebrated diplomat and academic, Ambassador Dr. Al-Hassan Conteh, as acting president for the University of Liberia (UL), Monrovia, the country’s premier academic institute. Dr. Conteh is expected to bring his administrative…
