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Burkina Faso: Diplomats meet with junta head, vow to help ‘restore…
Burkina Faso - Diplomats in Burkina Faso on Friday said they would help the junta that seized power last month restore security to the jihadist-wracked country,…
ECOWAS Heads of State to meet in Accra for another Extraordinary Summit…
During the Extraordinary Summit, the Heads of State will be considering and discussing reports from these high-level missions
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The…
Guinea-Bissau: Many dead after coup attempt, president says
A reported coup in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau has left many members of the security forces dead, its president says.
President Umaro Cissoko…
Armed men attack Ghana broadcaster Radio Ada FM over coverage of mining…
Abuja, January 31, 2022 — Ghanaian authorities should swiftly identify and hold to account the people behind the recent attack on the Radio Ada FM…
Calm has returned to Guinea-Bissau, as president says failed coup may…
BISSAU, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces…
Seven Somali journalists detained, radio station raided after interview…
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
Lusaka, January 28, 2022 – Authorities in Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle state must stop intimidating and…
Joint UNOWAS-ECOWAS Mission to Burkina Faso
The joint delegation will have meetings with the military leaders as well as with the various Burkinabé actors
The Special Representative of the…
Egyptian court sentences 10 to death for planning attacks -state news…
CAIRO (Reuters) -An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 10 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group for planning attacks on the police, the…
Burkina Faso Military Strongman Gives Conditions For Return To Civilian…
By Paul Ejime*
Lt-Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, leader of the January 24 coup that toppled Burkina Faso’s President Christian Kabore says the country will…
ECOWAS Suspends Burkina Faso, Dispatches Two Delegations To Meet Coup…
By Paul Ejime*
The ECOWAS emergency virtual summit ended on Friday with the suspension of Burkina Faso's membership over Monday's military coup that toppled…