by Mohamed Zakaria Fodol Aug 31, 2024 – DAILY SABAH “The Sahel Confederation represents a significant stride toward strategic autonomy for Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. This alliance empowers them […]
Thousands of Nigerians gather in front of the French army headquarters in Niamey, Niger, on September 2, 2023, in support of the putschist soldiers and to demand the French army […]
Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters | Caption I always like it when a few words convey a lot – in this case, #LessonsfromGambia. From where? The oft-overlooked country – and its neighbors – just sent a loud message to African leaders who hang on too long, and to citizens eager for change. – […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS Gambian President Yahya Jammeh listening to one of his aides in Banjul, during the closing rally of the electoral campaign. (AFP Photo) The head of a West African regional bloc says leaders will send troops into Gambia if its longtime president who lost elections does not step […]
Reuters International DEC 10, 2016 – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh holds a copy of the Quran while speaking to a poll worker at a polling station during the presidential election in Banjul, Gambia, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (reuters_tickers) By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh […]
By Alan Boswell McClatchy Newspapers NAIROBI, Kenya — Earlier this summer, Mali’s Islamist militant northern rebels abandoned their southernmost position, the town of Douentza, some 100 miles northeast up the road from Mopti, where the Malian army had retreated this spring after being routed out of the northern two-thirds of […]