Counting the cost of contagion fears from Africa coups
September 21, 2023 When Gabon’s General Brice Oligui Nguema ousted his distant cousin last month, he became the eighth military leader who has taken power by force in Africa since…
Africa leadership disorder: A diagnosis, by Ken Ugbechie
I wager that this is the best time for the best neurosurgeons from around the world to gather in Africa to do a check on the leaders of African…
Fear of coup: Rwanda sacks 83 military personnel, Cameroon reshuffles officers
In a move that seems to feed from the coup spring sprouting across Africa, the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) has retired 12 generals and others in a move to reshuffle…
Thousands of Cameroonians flee into Nigeria, more still in remote borders
Nearly 8,000 Cameroon refugees have fled to eastern and southern Nigeria in the past two weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday, as violence flared between security forces…
African Heads Resolve to Engage Community Leaders, in Renewed Commitment to Fight Boko Haram
Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) on Saturday renewed their commitment to the fight against Boko Haram insurgents with a view to bringing…
UK Rallies International Support for Nigeria in Fight Against Boko Haram
The United Kingdom has called for international support for Nigeria in the fight against the resurgence of the destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group. The UK…
Sit Tight Syndrome: Biya ‘easily’ wins seventh term as president, at 85
Paul Biya,7th term President of Cameroon Why some African Presidents have remained sit is a question yet to be unravelled as Cameroon’s President Paul Biya,…
Africa’s democratic ‘laggards’ must listen to calls for change – Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf
African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday, after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership…
President Biya holds first cabinet meeting in over two years
Cameroon’s octogenarian President Paul Biya, who has ruled the central African country with an iron grip for decades, held his first cabinet meeting since 2015 on Thursday. A brief letter…