Democracy is a very evocative notion. In the name of restoring or defending it, presidents have wielded bayonets, levied war, and executed coups. On August 10,...
Head of Niger junta, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, defied ECOWAS leaders on Saturday evening by announcing a three-year transition programme to democracy. He announced this in a...
A significant development unfolded as a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar, engaged in...
Troops of the Economic Community of West African States have said they are ready to participate in a standby force that could intervene in the Republic...
The Economic Community of West African States has condemned the killing of at least seventeen Nigerien soldiers in a recent ambush close to the Mali border....
This column last week supported the overwhelming views of Nigerians that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration should have nothing to do with any kind of direct...
Abdourahmane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, says the military are ready to explore diplomatic dialogue. Tchiani spoke on Saturday during a meeting with Nigeria’s intervention...
Biafra agitator and separatist Simon Ekpa has urged Nigerian immigrants of Igbo extraction in the Republic of Niger to “denounce” Nigeria and declare themselves “Biafrans to...
President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire says the decision by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy troops to the Niger Republic was...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in NIger Republic. The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu...