Burkina transitional council indicts President Compaore for high treason
Burkina Faso’s transitional council has indicted on Thursday, the former President Blaise Compaore and some senior members of his government for high treason. The National […]
ECOWAS
Afreximbank opens its Abidjan branch to boost regional integration
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, officially opened this week-end an office in Abidjan, its third branch in the continent after Harare (Zimbabwe) in 1997 and […]
ECOWAS: Common External Tariff will come into effect next month
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) will come into effect on the 1st January 2015. The information was released […]
Mali Army too nationalistic, too unrealistic
The Malian army has rejected the ECOWAS’ offer to send regional troops to protect capital city, Bamako, arguing it’s up to the Malians to defend […]
France will not send troops to Mali
France will not send troops to Mali but will support an African military intervention in the country to crack down on Islamist rebels, French Defense […]
AU: A woman makes history
A woman will be heading the African Union for the first time in the history of the union. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, member of the South African […]
Mali at grips with international community’s lethargy
As the situation in northern Mali is deteriorating by the day and as voices from inside the country are mounting calling for a military intervention […]
France’s representative for the Sahel tours the region
Shortly after he was appointed last Monday by the French Foreign Minister as his special representative for the Sahel, diplomat Jean Felix-Paganon met president Dioncounda […]
African Leaders Seek Territorial Integrity Of Mali
African leaders attending a consultative meeting on the situation in Mali held earlier this week in Lome, Togo, have asked the UN to support the […]