West African diplomat and four security sources reported on Monday that Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers. Kabore’s detention came after
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to withdraw all its ambassadors from Mali and close land and air borders between member-countries and Mali. This resolution was
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Accra, Ghana, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The meeting,
A nationwide polio vaccination drive scheduled for Monday across Afghanistan, is only taking place in 15 of the country’s 34 provinces. The Taliban-led government said the remaining 19 were too
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was not included on the annual Forbes 400 ranking of the wealthiest Americans. Forbes said Trump is now worth an estimated 2.5 billion dollars, leaving
Hon. Sidie Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, has said that the regional body was keen on ensuring a peaceful democratic process in the Republic of Cape Verde and the
Israel’s air force early on Monday said it again fired on targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, responding to another rocket attack. “Overnight (Monday), another rocket was fired from the
Issue of energy sufficiency within the sub-region will be the major focus in the ECOWAS parliament’s joint committee on energy and mines, industry and private sector, agriculture environment, and natural
A man was spotted crying and grieving over the death of his relative who died of COVID-19 at Rorotan cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia. The man watched as his relative was
Former South African President, Jacob Zuma, got a stay on the 15-month prison sentence he got for contempt of court after the country’s top court agreed to hear his application
