•Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore The head of the junta in Burkina Faso has pardoned 21 soldiers convicted of involvement in a failed coup in 2015, according to an official decree seen by our correspondent today. The troubled west African country has been run since September 2022 by military leaders following a coup headed [&hell...
•Mahama and Tinubu in Abuja Ghanaian President, John Mahama, yesterday visited his Nigerian counterpart, Bola Tinubu, at the State House in Abuja. The visit, the first since his inauguration on January 7 is to brief Tinubu – who also doubles as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government – on […]
•Photo (L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced today their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the thr...

