Military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, stating it poses a threat to...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his displeasure over the political situation in Gabon and the socio-political stability in that country. Tinubu reacted hours after a group...
Niger’s military rulers, who seized control of the government in July, gave the French ambassador 48 hours to leave the country, Niamey’s foreign ministry said in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the Niger junta’s objective for a transition of power presumably to a democratic government within three...
West African military chiefs are set to meet Thursday in Ghana to coordinate a possible intervention aimed at reversing Niger’s coup. Alarmed by a cascade of...
Thousands of Niger coup supporters took to the streets on Friday to protest against plans by West African nations to deploy a military force to the...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned against Russia’s Wagner mercenaries taking advantage of instability in coup-hit Niger, whose neighbour Mali has become a partner...
The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from...
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS has condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s...
No fewer than Six Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries on Thursday rejected the move by eight other francophone nations in the region to...