ECOWAS on Monday condemned what it called an attempted coup in Burkina Faso, saying it held the military responsible for the safety of President Roch Kabore, whose whereabouts were unknown.
The ECOWAS Member-states shall withdraw all their ambassadors from Mali and close land and air borders between them and the country, which is currently under a military junta.
The variant – called B.1.1.529 – has a “very unusual constellation” of mutations, which are concerning because they could help it evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible, scientists told reporters at a news conference.
Al Shabaab has been fighting Somalia’s central government for years, seeking to take power and impose its strict interpretation of Islam’s sharia law.
BREAKING: Nigeria and the ECOWAS have slammed the following sanctions on the illegitimate military junta-led #Mali Transitional Government and now seek the support of the EU, UN, U.S. and others in enforcing them. Would the fear of coup by the military or rebels – as in Ethiopia – now mean the beginning of wisdom for authoritarian rulers in Africa?
The Islamic State (IS), to which dreaded West African terror group, Boko Haram, is affiliated has claimed responsibility for an attack on a village this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Gov. Wike exposes what frustrates sustainable development in Africa at a lecture delivered to the participants of the Executive Intelligence Course Fourteen (EIMC-14), of the National Institute for Security Studies in Abuja.
Nigeria, ECOWAS reach the following key decisions at an Extraordinary Summit on the Guinea coup imbroglio that could change the tide against the new military junta/coup plotters.
Haunted by the spectre of military coup on the African continent, Vice President Osinbajo recommends new preventive measures at virtual ECOWAS Summit on Guinea as President Buhari’s representative.
Vice President Osinbajo has explained why AU member-states must carry out more sensitization on the role of the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights.
