W/Africa CSOs to ECOWAS: Don’t railroad our sub-region into war in Niger
Against the backdrop of the lingering political unrest in Niger, an alliance of six civil society organizations (CSOs) from across West Africa has publicly cautioned the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against forcing the sub-region into an armed conflict.
Guinea opposition urges president to scrap delayed referendum
Guinea’s opposition on Saturday called for the cancellation of a referendum on changing the constitution, as fresh protests against President Alpha Conde’s government broke out in the capital Conakry. Conde on Friday announced the referendum, planned for Sunday, would be postponed — possibly for two weeks — following growing domestic and international criticism over the […]
Bullets and defiance: Inside Guinea’s opposition stronghold
Mamadou Diallo was meant to meet his best friend to watch the Champions League after evening prayers. Twenty minutes before their rendezvous, he received a phone call. His friend, also called Mamadou, had been shot dead. It was a November evening in 2018 in Wanindara, a northern suburb of Guinea’s capital Conakry and flashpoint for the […]
Why Boko Haram/ISWAP now target churches, Christians, Lai Mohammed reveals
Soni Daniel, Abuja Relentless and brutal attacks by the Nigerian military against the Boko Haram insurgents and their ally in the Islamic State in West Africa, ISWAP, have forced the terrorists to change their pattern of indiscriminate onslaught on Nigerians and to focus on Christians and churches, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said. […]
West Africa the only place in world al-Qaeda and IS affiliates team up ―US Military
The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region, giving the extremists greater depth as they push into new areas, according to the commander of the U.S. military’s special forces in Africa. “I believe that if it‘s left unchecked […]
Coronavirus: West Africa region needs $50m to strengthen preparedness — WAHO
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) says West African region is in need of 50 million dollars to strengthen the capacity of member states, especially weak countries that lacked the capacity to diagnose or contain Coronavirus (Covid-19). Prof. Stanley Okolo, Director-General of WAHO, made this known to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, while delivering the […]
