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Winning hearts and power: How Mali’s military regime gained popular support
The Conversation  |  Apr 28, 2025

The current political landscape in Mali, and in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger where conditions are similar, is an invitation to reconsider local...

Gabon's leader Nguema elected president with 90.35 per cent of vote, interior minister says
Reuters  |  Apr 13, 2025

Under a constitution approved last November, Nguema's election win gives him a seven-year term, renewable once.

How African countries are defying AU ban on coup leaders running for office
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 11, 2025

Following the August 30, 2023 coup, the PSC, during its 1172nd session, suspended Gabon from all AU activities until constitutional order is restored.

DRC hands over Americans jailed over failed coup as talks on minerals progress
Reuters  |  Apr 09, 2025

Joseph Szlavik-Soto, a lobbyist working for Kinshasa, said the Congolese had also agreed to pay for the damage caused by protesters who attacked the U...

Guinea junta chief pardons former military leader over stadium massacre
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Camara, who seized power in a 2008 coup, was, on July 31, 2024, sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the massacre of at least 157 people du...

Niger's military leader named president, entrenches power
DW News  |  Mar 29, 2025

Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tchiani, who seized power in 2023, is now Niger's president. The country's return to democratic norms looks furth...

Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
Reuters  |  Mar 02, 2025

A dispute over when Embalo's presidential term should end has heightened tensions that risk unrest in a nation with a history of military coups.

Nigeria denies allegations of destabilising Niger amid pipeline attacks
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 26, 2024

Niger, which began oil production in 2011 with a modest output of 20,000 barrels per day, views this pipeline as a significant economic asset.

West Africa bloc Ecowas offers junta-led states 6 months to rethink exit
Reuters  |  Dec 16, 2024

Three countries in the insurgency-torn central Sahel region have set up their own alliance.

Mali's junta appoints spokesperson Abdoulaye Maiga as new prime minister
Reuters  |  Nov 22, 2024

The military rulers, who seized power in successive coups in 2020 and 2021, had promised to hold elections in February but have postponed the vote ind...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to launch biometric passports under new alliance
Reuters  |  Sep 16, 2024

The three junta-led Sahel neighbours jointly announced in January they would leave the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), w...

DRC military court sentences three US citizens to death over failed coup
Reuters  |  Sep 14, 2024

All three were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and other charges, and sentenced to death in a ruling read on live TV.

UN airlifts a ‘lifeline’ for Burkina Faso’s communities in need
UN News  |  Aug 17, 2024

The West African country faces insecurity and widespread humanitarian needs, making the role of such airlifts crucial to reaching places that are too...

Sierra Leone court sentences soldiers to long jail terms for failed coup
Reuters  |  Aug 10, 2024

Family members of the convicts wailed inside the court as the sentences were read out.

US citizens in Congo coup attempt tell court they were forced to join
Reuters  |  Jul 05, 2024

Speaking for the first time since the trial began, Malanga's son, Marcel Malanga, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun told the court that the coup leader ha...

Kenya clashes and Bolivia's failed coup show perils of economic hardship
Reuters  |  Jun 28, 2024

Rising borrowing costs mean debt service gobbles a growing chunk of revenues. This puts pressure on countries, including Kenya, to raise taxes and cut...

US, British citizens among suspects on trial in Congo after thwarted coup
Reuters  |  Jun 07, 2024

All 53 face charges including illegal arms possession, criminal conspiracy, terrorism and attempts to destabilise state institutions and undermine the...

Comoros President sworn in for fourth term after disputed poll
Reuters  |  May 26, 2024

One person was killed and at least 25 injured in violent protests that erupted after the election body declared Azali Assoumani re-elected to another...

Burkina Faso extends junta rule by five years
Reuters  |  May 26, 2024

The new charter also allows Traore to run for president when the elections take place.

Kenya condemns DRC coup attempt
Amina Wako  |  May 22, 2024

Nairobi echoed the sentiments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), a peace and security league comprising most East Afri...

Mali talks propose junta rule for three more years
Reuters  |  May 11, 2024

The West African country has been under military rule since a coup in 2020, and tensions have risen over the junta's failure to stick to a promised ti...

Mali military junta 'suspends' activities by political parties
AFP  |  Apr 11, 2024

The decree came after more than 80 political parties and civil groups called for presidential elections "as soon as possible" and an end to military r...

West African bloc ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Guinea, Mali
Agency  |  Feb 26, 2024

ECOWAS said it was lifting financial and economic sanctions against Guinea and ending restrictions on the recruitment of Malians to professional posit...

West Africa bloc ECOWAS says lifting post-coup sanctions on Niger
Agency  |  Feb 24, 2024

The measures to be lifted included the freezing of Niger's assets in ECOWAS central banks and the suspension of financial transactions between ECOWAS...

Fractured West African bloc ECOWAS appeals for unity
Agency  |  Feb 09, 2024

With its reputation at stake, ECOWAS's handling of the latest political upheaval - in Senegal - is being closely watched.

AU expresses 'regret' as Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger resign from ECOWAS
Agency  |  Jan 31, 2024

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger were founding members of ECOWAS in 1975, but the bloc suspended all three and imposed sanctions on them following militar...

Coup trio's exit from ECOWAS shakes region
Agency  |  Jan 30, 2024

Withdrawal will hit hard given that ECOWAS guarantees visa-free travel and right of settlement and work in member countries. Losing such benefits will...

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger quit West African bloc ECOWAS
Agency  |  Jan 28, 2024

The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a "sovereign decision" to leave the Economic Community of West African States...

From the Israel-Hamas war to African coup contagion: events that defined the world in 2023
Agency  |  Dec 31, 2023

The UN says more than 85 per cent of Gaza's 2.4 million people have fled their homes.

Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on barracks
Agency  |  Nov 26, 2023

The information ministry said in a statement that it assured the public that "the government and our state security forces are in control".

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