West Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the westernmost region of Africa.
Russia vetoes extension of UN sanctions in Mali
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council proposal to extend sanctions on Mali which is run by a...
Read moreDetailsList of Recent Coups in West and Central Africa
A group of senior military officers in Gabon announced on national television on Wednesday they had taken power and election results were...
Read moreDetailsAlgeria proposes transition to resolve Niger crisis
Algeria is proposing an initiative to resolve the political crisis in neighbouring Niger with a six-month transition period led by...
Read moreDetailsNiger coup supporters rally after French ambassador ordered out
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Niamey Saturday in support of last month's coup, a day after the country's...
Read moreDetailsSenegalese religious leader calls on opposition leader Sonko to end hunger strike
An influential Senegalese religious leader has called on opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, who has been detained since the end of...
Read moreDetailsAfrican Union suspends Niger over coup, prepares sanctions; France denies report it asked Algeria to use airspace for a Niger operation
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following the military coup there and told its members...
Read moreDetailsECOWAS envoy to Niger says meeting with junta was ‘fruitful’
Nigeria's former military president, Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led a mission from West African regional bloc ECOWAS to Niger to negotiate...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s president swears-in ministers, slow growth and insecurity among concerns
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu swore in ministers to his cabinet on Monday, nearly three months after his inauguration. The President...
Read moreDetailsFormer French President says Niger coup is doomed to “failure”; Germany backs EU sanctions against junta
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday predicted the "certain" failure of the perpetrators of the coup in Niger, believing...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s NNPC obtains a $3 billion loan to stabilize the foreign exchange market
The biggest economy in Africa, Nigeria has been trying to increase its reserves and stop the decline of its currency,...
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