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Passengers arriving Ghana on international flights will be required to take an antigen test upon arrival at the Kotoka International Airport. Business24 quotes Joseph Kofi Adda, the Ghanian minister of aviation, as saying 70 sample…

Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) has told the new military junta in Mali it has just one year to return the country back to…

West African countries on Friday insisted on a return to civilian rule in Mali, where rebel troops ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18 and held him…

Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a spokesman for the junta Djibrilla Maiga said on Thursday. Reuters quoted him as saying: “He was freed…

South Africa’s economy probably contracted by an annualized 40.1% in the second quarter, according to central bank forecasts. The monetary policy committee used that estimate for the quarterly drop in gross domestic product at its…

West African leaders will Friday take a position on the political instability triggered by the military coup in Mali, President Muhmmadu Buhari said on Wednesday. The…

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, has retaliated comments made by Geoffery Onyeama, her Nigerian counterpart, about trade restrictions. In a series of…

Some 32 African countries have so far reported less than 5,000 COVID-19 cases amid a major spike of new cases across few African countries. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention…

Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara on Monday submitted his application to run for a third term after more protests by opponents who say the constitution forbids him to contest the October…

The military government that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule the country for three years and has agreed to release deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a source in a visiting West African…

          After months of a temporary ban on alcohol was lifted in South Africa on Monday, August 17, South Africans are back on the neck of the government to reinstate the ban. Apparently, the ban on alcohol followed coronavirus…

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara was formally chosen by his party on Saturday to run for a third term in an October election, despite opposition charges it is unconstitutional. Ouattara, who has been in power since 2010,…

The Indian Ocean island-nation saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink touted as a remedy for the virus. As hospitals raised concern about lack of beds, Health Minister…

Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad. But the coup was celebrated by many in a country…

If ECOWAS leaders want to restore democracy in Mali, the man they need to woo is Imam Mahmoud Dicko, the mullah who led the two month revolt against President Boubacar Keita. But for now, he…

Ivory Coast election authorities rejected appeals by former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro to be allowed to run in the country’s October…

Members of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have managed to visit President Ibrahim Keita and other senior government officials who have been detained by the…

Leaders of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have demanded the reinstatement of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as Mali’s president. Keita was forced to resign in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for stiffer sanctions on the new military regime in the Republic of Mali to force a speedy return to democratic rule in the country.…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders are to hold a virtual summit today to find a way forward on the military take-over of Mali. The sub-regional body had…

United Nations Security Council on Wednesday ordered Malian mutineers to immediately release detained officials, including the country’s president, and “return to their barracks without delay.” The 15 members also “underlined the…

Colonel Assimi Goita has emerged the head of the military junta in Mali that ousted the elected government of President Boubacar Keita on Tuesday. Goita introduced himself Wednesday at a…

              The Nigerian Government on Wednesday condemned the coup d’etat in Mali, West Africa, Africa. Mutinous soldiers had on Tuesday detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in a coup plot in the already troubled West…

A 25-year-old Colonel, Malick Diaw, led the coup that overthrew Mali President Keita and his Government. On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military…