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Africa: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger: these 3 West African Countries Signed a mutual defense pact

YoopyaSep 18, 2023September 18, 20230

The three West African countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have signed a security agreement to help each other in the event of aggression,

Burkina Faso and Mali warn against military intervention in Niger

YoopyaAug 1, 2023August 1, 20230

Niger’s neighbors say any intervention to restore President Mohamed Bazoum to office would be considered a ‘declaration of war’ against them. The military governments of

Senegal: Arrest of the top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko

YoopyaJul 29, 2023July 29, 20230

Ousmane Sonko, presidential candidate has faced a string of legal troubles in recent years. Senegalese opposition leader has been arrested late Friday, one of his

Africa’s largest film festival kicks off in Burkina Faso

YoopyaOct 16, 2021June 13, 20230

Africa’s largest film festival kicks off Saturday in Burkina Faso amid both the COVID-19 pandemic and a growing jihadi insurgency in the West African nation

Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings

YoopyaMar 19, 2021June 13, 20230

The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he had 21 soldiers killed

Why Senegal protesters are clashing with police

YoopyaMar 9, 2021May 20, 20230

Deadly protests have erupted over the past week in the West African nation of Senegal, long considered a bastion of democracy and a regional leader

West African Finance Ministers Inch Closer to Single Currency

YoopyaJun 20, 2019February 27, 20230

West African finance ministers and central bank governors agreed on technical issues surrounding the creation of a single currency for the Economic Community of West

Nigeria’s Buhari meets peers to hammer out Boko Haram force

YoopyaJun 11, 2015July 1, 20230

New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met his regional counterparts in Abuja on Thursday to set up a joint military force against Boko Haram, the latest

West African leaders to discuss presidential term limits

YoopyaMay 19, 2015July 8, 20230

ACCRA (Reuters) – West African leaders are due to discuss a proposal aimed at limiting presidential mandates to two terms at a regional summit on

Bomb Blast At Nigeria President’s Rally

YoopyaFeb 3, 2015July 3, 20230

By Adamu Saleh Gombe — Two separate explosions on Sunday afternoon rocked Gombe, capital of Gombe state. According to eye witness accounts, the first explosion