Category: ECOWAS
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🇸🇪 Sweden Closes Embassy in Liberia as Stockholm Signals New Focus on Trade and Business
MONROVIA, Liberia — Sweden has officially closed its embassy in Liberia, bringing an end to the country’s resident diplomatic mission in Monrovia while signaling that the relationship between the two countries is not coming to an end. The closure marks a significant transition in a relationship that has developed over decades through diplomacy, development cooperation,…
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🇱🇷 Fula Community Want National Recognition; Calls for Legislating Fula As An Official Ethnic Group in Liberia
MONROVIA – Fulanis in Liberia are seeking legislation that will make the tribe legitimately recognized as one of the official tribes in Liberia. The group said its contributions to national development and politics, including the economy as compared to other tribes, are outstanding and therefore should warrant full recognition. The Fulanis under the banner “Falanis…
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🇳🇬🇺🇸 Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria
Nigeria’s domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S. foreign policy discourse. In November last year, President Donald Trump threatened direct kinetic intervention to counter a so-called “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. Despite these claims, insecurity is driven by overlapping and long-standing land disputes, herder-farmer tensions, communal violence, and organized crime, with the vast majority of…
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🇱🇷Monrovia’s New U.S. Embassy: A Symbol of Strengthened Partnership and Regional Promise
Monrovia, Liberia — In recent years, the diplomatic landscape between Liberia and the United States has taken on a new dimension with sustained investments in infrastructure, policy engagement, and strategic cooperation. At the heart of this renewed relationship is the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia — a modern diplomatic mission that reflects both countries’ deep historical…
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🇳🇬 Black Axe: Nigeria Mafia Cult
Police units around the world have joined forces in a series of covert operations targeting one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks – Black Axe. Operation Jackal III saw officers in body armour carry out raids in 21 countries between April and July 2024. The mission, co-ordinated by global policing agency Interpol, led to…
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🇧🇯 BREAKING: Soldiers Announce Overthrow of Government in Benin, Gunfire Reported in Cotonou
Cotonou, Benin – In a sudden and destabilizing development, a faction of soldiers in Benin announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon in a televised address today. The announcement plunges the West African nation, often hailed as a bastion of democracy and stability in the region, into profound uncertainty. According to the broadcast on national…
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🇸🇱🇷🇺 Russian deputy foreign minister discusses reopening of Russia’s embassy with Sierra Leone’s ambassador
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Vershinin has discussed with Sierra Leone’s Ambassador Mohamed Yongawo the upcoming reopening of the Russian Embassy in the African country, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported. 🔸During their meeting in Moscow on 10 November, the parties noted that the resumption of the embassy’s work would contribute to the effective advancement…
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ECOWAS’ new president, Julius Maada Bio, reiterates wish for Sahel states to return to the fold
As he continues his West Africa tour, Sierre Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio, has reiterated his wish that the Alliance of Sahel States will rejoin regional body, ECOWAS. Maada Bio took the rotating presidency of the Economic Community of West African States in June and says he hopes the good relations he has with Mali,…
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Disturbing News from Nimba County, Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Prince Johnson, the Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world, has died at the age of 72, authorities said Thursday. Johnson, who infamously videotaped himself drinking Budweiser as his men cut off the ears of the nation’s former president, remained active in politics after the civil war…