Togo’s opposition on Thursday called for a three-day mass protest to demonstrate against the government’s decision to delay this month’s legislative elections. Issued on: 05/04/2024 – 03:24 2 min Tensions between President Faure Gnassingbe’s government and the opposition have heightened following parliament’s approval of a contested constitutional reform critics say is a bid to keep …
Togolese lawmakers adopted a new constitution on Monday, moving the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system and giving parliament the power to elect the president of the small West African country. Issued on: 26/03/2024 – 04:31 2 min The president will be chosen “without debate” by lawmakers “for a single six-year term”, and …
From a Dakar prison to the presidency, Senegal’s anti-establishment Bassirou Diomaye Faye embodies the winning charisma of his mentor and opposition figurehead Ousmane Sonko, who endorsed him as his replacement. Issued on: 25/03/2024 – 17:57Modified: 25/03/2024 – 18:05 2 min “Bassirou is me,” said Sonko of his number two, who at the age of 44 …
Senegalese headed to the polls Sunday in a tightly contested presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region that has experienced a wave of coups in recent years. Issued on: 24/03/2024 – 09:39 2 min The election takes place …
The army chiefs of military-ruled Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Wednesday announced the creation of a joint force to battle long-running jihadist rebellions raging in their countries. Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 05:09 1 min The new force “will be operational as soon as possible to take into account the security challenges in our space”, …
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Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. Issued on: 27/02/2024 – 05:38 3 min The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential vote …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security deteriorating in the Sahel. Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 12:28Modified: 22/01/2024 – 12:33 3 min The top US diplomat will start in Cape Verde before visiting Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola, …
Paris on Tuesday said its embassy in Niamey, Niger’s capital, was now closed, confirming previously reported plans, after relations between the two countries deteriorated following a military coup in the African country in July 2023. Issued on: 02/01/2024 – 16:38Modified: 02/01/2024 – 16:40 1 min “For five months, our embassy has been severely hampered” by obstacles …
A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to stand in next year’s presidential election. Issued on: 14/12/2023 – 12:21 1 min Sonko was struck off Senegal’s electoral roll after being sentenced in June to two years’ imprisonment for morally …
West African leaders on Sunday kept sanctions imposed on Niger after a July military coup and said they would need to see progress towards a transition to civilian rule before easing the measures. Issued on: 10/12/2023 – 19:17 3 min The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders met for a summit with the …