A number of top African diplomats gathered at the 2023 annual lecture of the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) on October 18 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, to discuss the continent’s position in an emerging global political structure that is reshaping alliances. SIRA is a non-profit organisation founded in September 2010 to create…
A judge in Senegal has ordered that the jailed opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, be reinstated on the voters roll for the country’s presidential elections scheduled for next February. The verdict came after a court hearing on Thursday. The court hearing took place in Ziguinchor, the southern city where Mr Sonko was on the voters’ roll,…
Liberia’s National Elections Commission has begun finalising the results of The country’s just concluded presidential and legislative polls held on Tuesday, October 10. Boxes carrying ballot papers have been taken to the NEC’s Data Centre, where officials will tally the results electronically. The presidential elections, in which 20 candidates vied for the presidential seat, is…
Reports out of Mali say the country’s military has retaken the village of Anéfis in the Kidal region of north-eastern Mali, which has been a major centre held by Tuareg rebels and Jihadist insurgents for some time, after intense fighting. The Malian army had earlier indicated that a large convoy of its forces had progressed…
Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers, under the chairmanship of the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has adopted a draft decree recognising the late Captain Thomas Sankara, former military ruler of the country who was assassinated in 1987, as a national hero for having marked the history and progress of the country. Government spokesman, Rimtalba…
The Nigerian government and the natuonal Labour unions have reached an agreement to suspend the planned nationwide indefinite strike after a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Addressing newsroom after the four-hour meeting, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) president, Joe Ajaero said the N25,000 salary increase announced by Nigerian president…
Proposes “partial modification” of the Constitution, during interview on national television. Head of Burkinabe military junta, Capt. Ibrahim Traoré gave an interview on state television, Radio Télévision Burkinabé (RTB), on Friday, September 29, where he spoke on a variety of issues. The military leader made clear the objectives of the military junta in its role…
The Nigerian government has threatened union leaders with contempt charge if they go ahead with the proposed nationwide indefinite strike action scheduled for October 3. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and also the country’s justice minister, Lateef Fagbemi, in a letter addressed to the counsel to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade…
The military junta in Burkina Faso, at 8pm GMT on Wednesday 27th, confirmed on national television, that an attempted coup against against it had been foiled. The Transitional Government informed the public that the coup attempt was foiled by the Burkinabè intelligence and security services. “At the moment, some military officers and other accomplices suspected…
After weeks of mounting pressure from the military junta in Niger Republic, France has finally announced that it is withdrawing its troops from the country. This was made known by the French president, Emmanuel Macron. “We are putting an end to our military cooperation with the de facto authorities of Niger because they don’t want…
