Politics

By John Ikani In what may signal that sanctions by ECOWAS are biting, Mali junta has ordered a review of the 2025 date for return to civil rule. Junta leader Assimi Goita asked lawmakers to review...

By John Ikani West African leaders have explained why they decided against the immediate imposition of fresh sanctions against the new military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso. An ECOWAS delegation met this week with...

By John Ikani At least one person is said to have been killed in the capital of the West African state of Guinea-Bissau amid fears of a coup attempt. Gunfire erupted near a government building in...

By John Ikani The junta that overthrew the government in Burkina Faso earlier this month, has adopted a "fundamental act," naming its leader as the country's new President until the establishment of a transitional charter. It...

By Emmanuel Nduka Former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives and now Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has declared his intentions to run for office of the President in 2023. Tambuwal who made the declaration...

By John Ikani Mali on Monday expelled the French Ambassador in the country after “hostile and outrageous” comments by former colonial power France about its transitional government, it said in a statement read on national television....