Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso Exit ECOWAS
Three countries being governed by the military government Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 officially exited ...
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ECOWAS Council Meets on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Exit, Senegal Crisis
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, February 8, 2024, convened a meeting of its mediation and ...
Burkina Faso Sends 300 trucks Carrying Goods to Niger
In a bid to reduce the shortage of food and other necessary items as a result of the sanctions slammed ...
Burkina Faso Soldiers Announce Overthrow of Military Government
Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of ...
Ex-President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, Bags Life Imprisonment for Thomas Sankara’s Murder
A military tribunal has sentenced a former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, to life imprisonment for the murder of ...
West African Leaders Hold Emergency Summit Over Coups
West African leaders hold a key summit on Thursday as a wave of coups buffet a region struggling with poverty ...
Burkina Faso’s President Arrested By Mutinous Soldiers
Mutinous troops in restive Burkina Faso arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday and detained him in army barracks ...
Former President, 13 others on Trial for the Death of Thomas Sankara
A military court in Ouagadougou on Monday began the long-awaited trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in ...
Nigerian Opposition Parties Condemn Senate’s Rejection of E-Transmission of Results
Major opposition political parties in Nigeria have jointly condemned the Senate’s decision to reject a proposal seeking to make real-time...
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Fifty Years On: Scholars and Leaders Revisit General Murtala Muhammed’s Africa Vision at NIIA
All roads led to the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Thursday, February 5, 2026, as scholars, policymakers, and...
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PDP Faults Tinubu on Kwara Killings, Demands Independent Probe and Security Summit
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the killing of about 170 people by suspected terrorists in Woro Community, Kaiama...
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Tinubu Orders Troops to Kwara after Villagers Killed for Rejecting Islamic Extremism
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara...
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