Breaking: ECOWAS may deploy stablising force to countries under coup threat
•West Africa regional bloc agree to deploy force to stabilize democracy in countries under threat of military take-over Mukaila Ola…
US security assistance to Burkina Faso laid the groundwork for a coup
An honor guard stands at attention as Col. Maj. Gilbert Ouédraogo takes command as army chief of staff in Ouagadougou,…
Mali’s Junta Won’t Budge
Thousands of people took to the streets this month in Mali heeding the government’s calls to protest economic sanctions leveled…
Nigeria’s transport minister just said the quiet part out loud: China’s no longer funding large-scale railways in Africa
File photo of Nigerian Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP
Ethiopia: Abiy and Tedros’ growing tensions
Abiy Ahmed and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. © Montage JA; REA; Fred Merz/Monday13 for JA
US Commander blames bad governance, corruption for Military coups in Africa
…raises concern over continuous expansion of terrorist groups in Sahel Godsgift Onyedinefu Bad governance and corruption are leading factors that…
West Africa bloc chairman says Mali’s coup was ‘contagious’
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo
UK, MNJTF strenghten cooperation in counter insurgency in Lake Chad
Ngozi James The Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) says its cooperation and relationship between United Kingdom (UK) has taken a new…
UN appoints Nigeria’s Gen. Sawyer UNISFA force commander
Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyer DHQ Spokesperson
Don’t write off democracy in Africa just yet
By Howard W. French The 1980s are usually recalled as a decade of one-party rule in Africa, and beyond that,…