Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
September 16, 2023 Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of…
Niger junta says open to talks as Putin, US stress peace
August 15, 2023 Niger’s junta on Tuesday said that it was open to talks to resolve a regional crisis caused by last month’s military coup, while Russia and the United…
As dark clouds hover atop the West Coast, by Tunde Olusunle
Worrying sociopolitical developments in the West coast of Africa have very understandably elicited subregional, continental and global concerns. Within the twinkle of an eye the gradual absorption of democratic governance…
African leaders press Putin to end Ukraine war
July 28, 2023 African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their peace plan to end the Ukraine war and to renew a deal on…
Mali asks West African monetary union to lift “inhumane” sanctions
Feb. 8, 2022 Mali’s government has asked the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift sanctions that will have severe consequences for the population, it said on Monday….
Sanctions-hit Mali facing isolation as neighbours cancel flights
Jan 11, 2022 Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta under regional sanctions for trying to extend…
ECOWAS Warns Mali Junta On Election Dates
October 18, 2021 Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, chair of the West African bloc ECOWAS, has told Mali’s ruling junta that elections announced for February must ahead on schedule, his delegation…
ECOWAS resorts to sanctions over Guinea, Mali coups
Sept. 17, 2021 West Africa’s main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a…
Guinea junta tells central bank to freeze government accounts
Sept. 10, 2021 Guinea’s military junta, which seized power over the weekend, said on Thursday that it has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts….
Mali’s progress toward elections insufficient – ECOWAS
Sept. 8, 2021 West Africa’s main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress toward organising elections in February, as agreed after…