The current political landscape in Mali, and in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger where conditions are similar, is an invitation to reconsider local...
Brice Oligui Nguema, now the transitional president, staged a coup against Ali Bongo in August 2023. Oligui Nguema and his military junta promised to...
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...
The three junta-led Sahel neighbours jointly announced in January they would leave the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), w...
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...
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...
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