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Niger Launches Regional Biometric Passport, Completes AES Digital Sovereignty Push
Niger has become the latest member of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to launch a regional biometric passport, completing the trio’s breakaway...
Senegal’s President Faye Elected New ECOWAS Chairman
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. He...
Bank of Ghana Report Reveals 75 Staff Dismissed as Fraud Cases Surge 48% in 2025
The Bank of Ghana has disclosed that 75 staff members of banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions were dismissed in 2025 following their involvement...
Zimbabwe President Signs Law Extending Term by Two Years, Abolishes Direct Elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday signed into law constitutional amendments that will extend his term by two years until 2030 and scrap...
Tinubu’s Three Years Record More School Abductions Than Buhari’s Eight Years, Data Shows
Three years into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigeria’s security crisis has deepened across multiple fronts, with school abductions, banditry attacks and terrorism deaths...
Malaysia Seeks Local Partnership to Fill Nigeria’s Palm Oil Supply Gap
The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has pledged to support Nigeria with technical expertise, research collaboration, and investment opportunities to help close the...
Mali Regains Control of SOTELMA in $277 Million Deal, Reversing 17-Year-Old Privatisation
Mali has regained majority ownership of its national telecommunications company SOTELMA, reversing a privatisation deal that had kept the strategic asset under foreign...
Tinubu’s Adviser Bayo Onanuga Says He Does Not See Hunger Nigerians Are Complaining About
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has sparked outrage after stating that he does not see the level...
Niger Formally Leaves International Criminal Court, Citing Selective Justice
Niger has formally withdrawn from the International Criminal Court, becoming the third country to leave the global judicial body after the Philippines and...
The West’s Quiet Grip on Africa’s Ballot Box
A video from election day in Nigeria showed polling stations opening hours late. Another clip from Zimbabwe showed ballot papers running out while...
Benin’s New President Romuald Wadagni Visits Niger in High Hopes Visit
Freshly inaugurated as President of the Republic of Benin, Romuald Wadagni has embarked on a tour of the West African subregion. After visiting...
JNIM Kills 47 Beninese Soldiers as Sahel Crisis Expands Toward Nigeria
The Sahel crisis has crashed through Benin’s northern frontier with a brutality that has shaken the small West African nation. In an attack...