Ghana

•Pressure Mounts on Ghanaian Government to Declare State of Emergency Over Illegal Mining Activities •Ivorian Opposition Candidate Don Mello Denounces Judicial Manipulation Amid Disqualification of Several candidates ahead of October election •Gambia’s Parliament Grants 90-Day Extension to Special Committee probing…

•Pressure Mounts on Ghanaian Government to Declare State of Emergency Over Illegal Mining Activities •Ivorian Opposition Candidate Don Mello Denounces Judicial Manipulation Amid Disqualification of Several candidates ahead of October election •Gambia’s Parliament Grants 90-Day Extension to Special Committee probing…

Ivorian Electoral Commission Meets Presidential Candidates Ahead of October Polls Open Society Foundations Criticizes African Governments failures to Deliver on Democratic Promises Malian Authorities Vow Fuel Supply Continuity After Deadly Terror Attack on Strategic Kayes-Bamako Corridor In Dakar, African Union…

Open Society Foundations Criticizes African Governments failures to Deliver on Democratic Promises ECOWAS Chair President Julius Maada Bio Arrives Burkina Faso in Push for Regional Reconciliation Chad’s Parliament approves extension of presidential term from five to seven years In Dakar,…

•At least five arrested outside Gambia’s National Audit Office as police break up GALA press conference with tear gas •Nigerian Military Eliminates Top Terrorist Commanders in North-East Operation •Open Society Foundations Criticizes African Governments failures to Deliver on Democratic Promises…

•Nigerian Military Eliminates Top Terrorist Commanders in North-East Operation •Open Society Foundations Criticizes African Governments failures to Deliver on Democratic Promises

•Gambian Police forcefully removes Auditor General from office, amid his rejection of a ministerial appointment •Guinea-Bissau former prime minister Peirera announces his candidacy for November presidential election •Open Society Foundations decries declining principles of democratic practice in Africa as the…

•Gambian Police forcefully removes Auditor General from office, amid his rejection of a ministerial appointment •Guinea-Bissau former prime minister Peirera announces his candidacy for November presidential election •Open Society Foundations decries declining principles of democratic practice in Africa as the…

•Open Society Foundations decries declining principles of democratic practice in Africa as the world marks International Democracy Day. •University of Liberia reaffirms ban on student politics amid rising campus violence •Sahel States Alliance marks two years with mixed security outcomes…

•Sahel States Alliance marks two years with mixed security outcomes •Togo summons EU ambassador after European Parliament demands release of Abdoul Aziz Goma •University of Liberia reaffirms ban on student politics amid rising campus violence •UN calls for stronger global…

•The Gambia’s Auditor General Ceesay rejects ministerial appointment by President Barrow. •CIvil society group Penplusbytes warns of rising threat to democracy in West Africa with launch of first disinformation index. •The UN migration agency IOM repatriates over a hundred Ivorian…

•The Gambia’s Auditor General Ceesay rejects ministerial appointment by President Barrow •Civil society group Penplusbytes warns of rising threat to democracy in West Africa with launch of first disinformation index •Reporters Without Borders reveals rising threats to Sahel’s community radio…