Politics West Africa bloc Ecowas sends mission to post-coup Guinea Conakry – The West African bloc Ecowas has dispatched a new mission to Guinea for talks on the return to... Read more 29 Oct, 2021
News Liberia ex-warlord Taylor sues for pensions, benefits Abuja – Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his... Read more 27 Oct, 2021
News UN delegation in Mali urged to press junta over abuses Bamako – Human Rights Watch called on the United Nations to pressure Mali in weekend talks to investigate summary... Read more 24 Oct, 2021
Politics Ecowas warns Mali on election dates, delegation source Bamako – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, chair of the West African bloc Ecowas, has told Mali’s ruling junta that elections... Read more 18 Oct, 2021
Politics Guinea junta chief Mamady Doumbouya to be sworn in Friday as interim president Conakry – Mamady Doumbouya, a special forces colonel who led a coup in the West African state of Guinea on... Read more 30 Sep, 2021
News Hundreds of Malians protest Ecowas call for swift elections Bamako – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, demanding the nation’s military rulers be given more... Read more 18 Sep, 2021
Politics West African leaders push Guinea strongman on swift elections Conakry – West African leaders met Guinean coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya in the capital Conakry on Friday, where they... Read more 18 Sep, 2021
Politics Ecowas calls for Guinea elections in six months, sanctions coup leaders Accra – West African leaders on Thursday imposed sanctions on Guinea’s coup leaders and called for elections in six... Read more 17 Sep, 2021
Politics West Africa bloc to review steps after Guinea coup Accra – West African bloc Ecowas said it will meet on Thursday to discuss possible steps after Guinea’s president was... Read more 16 Sep, 2021
Home Guineans fed up with Conde embrace junta, for now Conakry – Even as African regional leaders press Guinea’s new military government to restore civilian rule as soon as... Read more 13 Sep, 2021