MONROVIA-A two-man technical delegation from the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) is in Liberia to share the experience with the National Elections Commission (NEC) and provide technical support on the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) System. NEC, through its Chairperson Davidetta Browne Lansanah, requested assistance from the Chairman of ECSL, under the Economic Commission of…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further strengthening development partnership between their two states. The agreement was signed on the first day of a three-day official visit by the Nigerian president to Equatorial Guinea. Tinubu’s…
By Hamidou Traore The heads of the national electricity companies of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso held a workshop in Ouagadougou from February 20 to 22, 2024 to refine strategies for securing the supply of electricity energy to member countries. This meeting between Énergie du Mali (EDM-SA), the Nigerien Electricity Company (NIGELEC) and the National…
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon at the weekend, promising military support to help the west African nation contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at Benin’s northern border with Burkina Faso. Read more.
Niger has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese state-owned oil giant China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) worth $400 million linked to the sale of crude oil from its Agadem oilfield, Niger state television RTN reported. Details of the agreement were not provided by the RTN, and Niger’s military authorities and CNPC have not commented…
MONROVIA—At Thursday’s appeal hearings for Gibil Massaquoi, the commander Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front, RUF of standing trial for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during Liberia’s first civil war, all three prosecution witnesses, who came from Lofa County, Liberia’s northwestern region provided harrowing testimonies, claiming he and his soldiers killed residents in a…
As The Gambia goes to polls for the Local Government (LG) election next month, President Adama Barrow in an interview with Star TV has vowed that his National People’s Party (NPP) will win all council seats to bring collaboration between local councils and central government. Speaking on Saturday, Mr Barrow stated: “I need all the…
By Ambassador Godknows Igali Whose assets have been seized? Over the years, the assets of several countries, especially from the developing world, have been seized, arising from judicial pronouncements by national courts abroad. Most noticeable, based on its own federal law, D’-Amator Kennedy Act and Helms-Burlon Act, both enacted in 1996, several assets belonging…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has come out victorious in the Nigeria’s highly disputed presidential election. Who is this veteran political and why is he widely regarded as a kingmaker and “godfather”? Bola Tinubu’s presidential campaign slogan was “emi lo kan” in his native Yoruba — “It’s my turn.” On March 1 he emerged victorious in the race to lead…
Residents of the capital Monrovia woke up on Wednesday morning to see thick black smoke and flames rising from the country’s Capitol building, the seat of Liberia’s Legislature. The flames destroyed the entire joint chambers of the legislature, but no-one was in the building at the time and there has been no confirmation of the…
