West African military chiefs to discuss Niger crisis this week
How homecoming became West Africa’s Premier mid-year cultural event
Coup in West Africa: Police arrest military officers ‘planning’ to topple Sierra Leonean govt
West Africa: Democracy and military rule
50% of seeds utilised in West Africa sourced from Nigeria ― NASC
UK schools receive £30m illicit funds from West Africa – Report
West Africa hard pressed to expand cocoa market share
NSE set to launch West Africa’s first Exchange Traded Derivatives
Poverty the cause of widespread terrorism in West Africa – Akufo-Addo
West Africa leaders press Mali junta over transition
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SubscribeGuinea-Bissau army urged to stay neutral in power struggle
A bloc of West African countries called Monday on Guinea-Bissau’s army to remain neutral in the country’s deepening political struggle, which has seen two presidents vying for power following a disputed run-off election in December. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it “firmly condemned” the latest developments in the country, which […]
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 […]
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