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UN Calls for Reform After Benin Coup Bid

The United Nations Security Council convened on Thursday to discuss the recent political instability in ...

Mali Court Returns $400M Gold to Barrick

A judge in Mali has ordered the immediate return of three metric tonnes of gold ...

Treason Charges Filed in Benin Coup Probe

Authorities in Benin have jailed approximately 30 individuals, primarily military personnel, in connection with a ...

Tit-for-Tat: Ghana Expels Three Israelis in Diplomatic Retaliation

A diplomatic standoff has escalated between Ghana and Israel. The Ghanaian government has expelled three ...

Ghana Threatens Reciprocal Action After Citizens Deported from Israel

A major diplomatic rift has erupted between Accra and Tel Aviv. The Ghanaian government has ...

Nigerian Jets Stop Benin Coup

President of Benin, Patrice Talon, met with his cabinet ministers on Monday evening. This was ...

Coup Attempt Foiled in Benin

A coup attempt in Benin has been successfully thwarted, according to the country’s Interior Minister. ...

Burkina Faso Revives Death Penalty for Treason

The government of Burkina Faso has officially adopted a draft bill to restore the death ...

UK Unveils £12.4m Grant for Nigeria

The United Kingdom has officially launched two major economic intervention programs in Nigeria. These initiatives ...

Nigeria Presidential Jet Withdrawn From Sale as U.S. Firm Ends Listing

A United States-based brokerage has officially removed the Nigeria presidential jet from its sales inventory. ...

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West Africa

UN Calls for Reform After Benin Coup Bid

Mali Court Returns $400M Gold to Barrick

Treason Charges Filed in Benin Coup Probe

Tit-for-Tat: Ghana Expels Three Israelis in Diplomatic Retaliation

Ghana Threatens Reciprocal Action After Citizens Deported from Israel

Nigerian Jets Stop Benin Coup

Coup Attempt Foiled in Benin

Burkina Faso Revives Death Penalty for Treason

UK Unveils £12.4m Grant for Nigeria

Nigeria Presidential Jet Withdrawn From Sale as U.S. Firm Ends Listing

Latest News

ECOWAS Moves to Establish Regional Open Data Framework ...

Madagascar Appoints Anti-Corruption Chief as Prime Mini...

Youth in Oil-Rich Congo Struggle With Poverty, Seek Eco...

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