Morocco: Stagnation as the four-year wait for ECOWAS persists
By Nina Kozlowski “Morocco is not in a hurry,” officials often say. But four years after the country applied to join…
Wave of juntas in Africa and the worrisome celebratory reception by civilians
By Olusegun Akinfenwa Within the past 18 months, Africa has experienced six coups, with the most recent in Burkina Faso…
Ecowas leaders demand timetable from Burkinabe junta
By Kemo Cham West African leaders on Thursday ordered the military leaders in Burkina Faso to produce a clear roadmap…
Should ECOWAS Rethink its Approach to Coups?
By Komlan Avoulete On January 9, the West African bloc ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (also…
What does 2022 have in store for Africa?
By Dr Issaka Souaré A backwards glance at emblematic governance and security events in Africa in 2021 may offer a…
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…
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…
West Africa bloc chairman says Mali’s coup was ‘contagious’
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo
Soldiers attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau government
…ECOWAS kicks Ngozi James Soldiers have attempted to overthrow the government of Guinea-Bissau, according to regional bloc Ecowas, a week…
ECOWAS delegation and UN meet with Burkina Faso’s new leader
By Africanews Members of ECOWAS and the UN met on Monday with Burkina Faso’s ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré…