The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has decided to activate its standby force to possibly engage in a military intervention in Niger.
The ECOWAS leaders...
West African leaders would be deciding their next line of action on Niger when they meet on Thursday in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
West African States...
ECOWAS leaders last Sunday gave Niger coup leaders a one-week ultimatum to re-instate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum.
The West African leaders threatened sanctions and possible...
For centuries most African countries including Ghana have struggled with the practice of witchcraft accusations.
Often elderly women risk banishment, physical abuse and sometimes lynched...
ECOWAS leaders have threatened sanctions and the possible use of force against Niger's coup leaders if they fail to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum.
The...
Mali has announced it has scrapped French as its official language, doing so more than six decades after it gained independence from France.
A drafted...