Mali’s new military junta on Wednesday urged citizens to return to normal life and warned against acts of “vandalism” after rebel officers took power. “The committee calls on the people to… resume their activities in a healthy manner,” said Ismael Wague, the spokesman for the self-described National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). […]

The government of Ivory Coast said Wednesday that it had officially set the first round in upcoming presidential elections for October 31, pressing ahead even after deadly protest clashes. Official campaigning will start on October 15 and end on October 29 according to a decree adopted by the cabinet, confirming the timetable authorities have been […]

Pope Francis on Wednesday called the bishop of Mozambique’s city of Pemba, capital of the insurgency-hit Cabo Delgado province, to express support for his assistance to victims of recent violence, the bishop said. Government supporters last week accused Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa — a Brazilian national who heads the Muslim-majority province’s Catholic Church — of […]

Army colonel Assimi Goita on Wednesday introduced himself as Mali’s new military strongman a day after a coup that was condemned by the international community but won support from the country’s opposition. The African Union, European Union, the United States and the UN Security Council have all demanded the junta free President Ibrahim Boubacar, Prime […]

Chief Peter Ameh, Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC), has condemned the recent military take over of the democratic government in Mali. Ameh condemned the coup in a statement issued by the council’s National Legal Adviser, Chukwudi Ezeobika, on Wednesday in Abuja. The IPAC helmsman urged world leaders to urgently intervene, saying the development […]