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AES Begins Assessment Meeting with Security and ECOWAS Negotiations on Agenda 30 Beninese soldiers face prosecution over failed coup attempt And Sierra Leone Declares Nationwide End to Mpox Outbreak

AES Begins Assessment Meeting with Security and ECOWAS Negotiations on Agenda 30 Beninese soldiers face prosecution over failed coup attempt And Sierra Leone Declares Nationwide End to Mpox Outbreak

•Portuguese Judicial Police detain Close Associate of Guinea-Bissau’s ex-President Embaló with 5 million euro •Liberian Senate Staffers protest low wages with calls for salary standardisation •Police in Benin detain former president’s son ChabiYayi amid post-coup crackdown. •ECOWAS endorses Ghana’s President…

Is President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police protection from VIPs and lawmakers an immediate fix of the current security challenges Nigerians face?

•Police in Benin detain ex-president’s son Chabi Yayi amid post-coup crackdown. •ECOWAS endorses Ghana’s President Mahama as West Africa’s sole candidate for the African Union Chairmanship in 2027. •Opposition leaders in Nigeria warn of a plot to undermine the country’s…

•Police in Benin detain ex-president’s son Chabi Yayi amid post-coup crackdown. •ECOWAS unanimously endorses Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama as West Africa’s sole candidate for the African Union Chairmanship in 2027. •Opposition leaders in Nigeria warn of a plot to…

New episode of Citizens’ Hour, your program on democracy and governance in West Africa. Discussion focused on the attempted military coup in Benin. How can we explain this attempted military coup in Benin just months before the presidential election? What…

In this episode of Sports Talk, we take you inside the final preparations for AFCON 2025 as host nation Morocco and defending champions Côte d’Ivoire announce their final squads. We also look at the reactions pouring in from Nigeria after…

•Benin announces the presence of hundreds of Nigerian and Ivorian troops in the aftermath of Sunday’s failed coup. •Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition PPA CI party clarifies on Gbago’s petition to the ICC over the 2011 post-election crisis. •Senegal Suspends Extradition…

•Benin announces presence of hundreds of Nigerian and Ivorian troops in the aftermath of Sunday’s failed coup. •Côte d’Ivoire’s main opposition PPA CI party clarifies on Gbago’s petition to the ICC over the 2011 election crisis. •Senegal Suspends Extradition Agreement…

•Senegal Suspends Extradition Agreement With France over Failure to respond to Dakar’s requests. •ECOWAS Council of Ministers endorses President Mahama’s candidacy for AU Chairmanship 2027 •A new coalition in Niger calls for unconditional release of ousted President Bazoum and his…

In Liberia, a major political shift is underway. The House of Representatives has voted to add 14 new seats, expanding the chamber from 73 to 87 members. The proposal now heads to the Senate for concurrence, and it’s already stirring…

Senegal Suspends Extradition Agreement With France over Failure to respond to Dakar’s requests. A new coalition in Niger calls for unconditional release of ousted President Bazoum and his wife. And in Nigeria, Lawmakers push back on President Tinubu’s directive to…