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Verbal showdown: Niger faces off with Nigeria and ECOWAS over terrorism support accusations
The Nigerièn government, National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (French: Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie, CNSP) has made a number of weighty allegations against the Nigerian government, claiming that its neighbour to the south has been actively working to destabilise the Nigerièn military regime. The country’s military leader, General Abdourahmane…
Togo’s constitutional reforms, hurried elections cause public outcry; ECOWAS sends fact-finding mission
Togolese protesters calling for constitutional reforms in 2018. Photo credit: AFP Just over a week to the rescheduled Legislative and regional elections, the new Togolese constitution, which President Faure Gnassingbe asked to be reviewed by parliament, appears to have further reduced popular participation in the country’s political affairs, reports say. While demands for constitutional reforms…
Niger officially requests withdrawal schedule for United States military
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…
Sierra Leone ex-president, Bai Koroma, charged with treason over attempted coup
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with the November 26 attempted coup in the country. Koroma has denied any involvement in the plot to topple the government, which killed about 20 people. However, several suspects identified by the government as key culprits in the…
Niger’s Tiani visits Togolese counterpart, Faure, in Lomé, on the eve of the ECOWAS Ordinary Summit in Abuja.
The head of the Nigerièn military junta, also known as the National Council for the Protection of the Fatherland (CNSP), General Abdourahamane Tiani, has arrived in Lomé, the Togolese capital, this Friday, December 8 for a friendship and working visit. This is his first visit to a full member country of ECOWAS, outside the States…
Situation remains tense but calm, as delegation of ECOWAS, Nigerian government, visit Sierra Leone.
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…
Run-up to the Run-off elections in Liberia. How new alliances would be built on the inclusion of political demands.
Liberia’s electoral commission, the National Elections Commission (NEC), has scheduled the country’s presidential election run-off for November after the two frontrunners, President George Weah and opposition leader, and former Vice-President, Joseph Boakai, had failed to secure enough votes for a landslide victory at the recent presidential polls, which recorded a record turnout of 78.86% of…