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Thousands take to the streets of Bamako in anti-French protest

YoopyaFeb 6, 2022June 19, 20230

Thousands of anti-French protesters took to the streets of Mali’s capital on Friday waving Russian flags and burning cardboard cut-outs of French President Emmanuel Macron

When conditions are right, Burkina Faso will return to constitutional order, the military leader says

YoopyaJan 27, 2022June 30, 20230

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, Burkina Faso’s new military leader, said his country will return to constitutional order once the conditions are right. On Monday, Dambiba

Analysis: Burkina Faso coup a blow to France, as Sahel military mission unravels

YoopyaJan 26, 2022June 19, 20230

The military coup in Burkina Faso deals another heavy blow to France’s fading efforts to stabilise the Sahel region, where Islamist militants have grown in

West African leaders to hold summit after latest coups

YoopyaJan 26, 2022June 30, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Burkina Faso and Mali on Friday, Ivory Coast’s information

Mutinous soldiers take over Burkina Faso military barracks

YoopyaJan 23, 2022June 19, 20230

Mutinous soldiers seized control of a military base in Burkina Faso’s capital Sunday, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African nation as

Explosion kills 13, flattens village in Ghana mining region

YoopyaJan 22, 2022June 30, 20230

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural

Nigeria to prioritise taxes from digital non-resident firms in 2022

YoopyaJan 22, 2022February 27, 20230

Nigeria will prioritise tax collection from its digital economy in 2022 and focus on non-resident firms with significant economic presence that generate turnover in the

Stampede at Liberia church gathering kills 29

YoopyaJan 20, 2022February 27, 20230

A stampede at a church gathering in Liberia’s capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident

Ousted Guinean leader Conde leaves country for medical check

YoopyaJan 18, 2022June 19, 20230

Former Guinean President Alpha Conde, ousted in a coup in September, boarded a plane on Monday to go abroad for a medical check-up, two sources

Malians demonstrate against regional sanctions

YoopyaJan 17, 2022June 19, 20230

Thousands of people demonstrated in the Malian capital Bamako on Friday against sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries on the transitional military government for trying to