France’s President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards radical Islamism following the second coup in nine months. France has around 5,100 troops in the region under its so-called Barkhane…

The leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has, with immediate effect, suspended Mali. This is the outcome of the emergency summit held in Accra on Sunday, following the coup by the Malian military led by Colonel…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday suggested France will pull troops from Mali if the country’s institutional instability persists and inhibits the fight against Islamic extremists. Macron told a news conference that France’s priority in Mali is the fight against…

Party officials said on Monday that former president Laurent Gbagbo will return to Ivory Coast on June 17 after a decade following his acquittal of crimes against humanity during a civil war.  In April, the International Criminal Court (ICC) based…

The governor of Abia State, South East Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged the federal government to urgently open talks with IPOB, a pro-Biafra group, and similar groups around the country, as a means of tackling the rising insecurity in Nigeria.…

Ghana’s central bank said Monday that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccination will power a faster recovery of the country’s economy. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, said underlying inflation pressures had been easing and growth prospects improving…

A coalition of Cameroonian rights groups, opposition parties and local media are asking the government to publish its findings after most of a 335-million-dollar loan from the IMF could not be accounted for.  The demand comes as at least 15…

CWP Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mauritania on green hydrogen, potentially worth 40 billion dollars. CWP, which has renewable energy projects in Europe and Australia, has set out plans for a solar and wind project it…

Troops of Nigerian Army under code name of Operation HADIN KAI have busted a Boko Haram insurgents' logistics stockpile, arresting fuel suppliers linked to the terrorists in the process.  According to a communique by Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima,…