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Ex-Ivory Coast President Gbagbo agrees to contest 2025 election
Ivory Coast’s ex-President Laurent Gbagbo could again run for office next year, more than a decade after his refusal to concede election defeat sparked a civil war which left at least 3,000 people dead or missing. Gbagbo’s African People’s Party wants the former leader to be officially sworn in as its presidential candidate for the…
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Senegal’s government sets March 24 as the new date for the delayed presidential election
DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese government has set March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election, its spokesperson said Wednesday after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, also announcing the dissolution of the government and appointment of a new prime minister. President Macky Sall, who is prevented for running for…
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Liberia’s civil war refugees left destitute after decades-old Ghana camp demolished
BUDUBURAM, Ghana, March 5- Sitting on a tattered mattress amongst the rubble of his former home, Wendell Elijah Mallobe is one of 15,000 Liberian refugees left destitute after authorities in Ghana demolished the camp where he has lived for more than 30 years.“I don’t know anybody in Liberia. Nobody. They burnt the village I was…
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SUNU plans to immortalise founder with Pan-African prize
The SUNU Group has revealed plans to institute a pan-African prize to immortalise its late founder and president, Mr. Pathe’ Dione. In a statement shared with our correspondent on Monday, the group said the country be instituted in Dione’s honour because he had left a legacy in all the countries where the company operates. The…
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ECOWAS Founder Urges Lifting Sanctions On Coup-hit States
A founder of the West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday called for the lifting of sanctions on coup-hit countries ahead of an emergency heads of state meeting in the troubled region. A founder of the West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday called for the lifting of sanctions on coup-hit countries ahead of an emergency heads…
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Guinea’s transition back to a democratic path
This will be a pivotal year for charting the trajectory of Guinea’s transition back to a democratic path. A military junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power from Guinea’s first democratically elected president, Alpha Condé, in September 2021. As part of a 10-point transition roadmap negotiated with the Economic Community of West African States…
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Nigeria to join BRICS in next two years – FM
The African nation sees membership as a way to make its voice heard on the global stage Nigeria’s foreign minister has announced that the country intends to become a member of the BRICS group of nations within the next two years, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Yusuf Tuggar added that the move is part of the Nigerian…
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Ghana struggling with extreme surplus of secondhand clothes
It takes Nii Armah and his crew of 30 fishermen hours to haul their weighty nets to shore on the bustling Korle-Gonno beach of Ghana’s capital Accra. Finally, their catch emerges — a colossal barracuda and a less welcome bounty of bundles of discarded clothing. Where once nets teemed with fish, they are now tangled…
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New Financing to Support 900,000 Farmers and Road Users for Economic Transformation in Liberia
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2023 – The World Bank Board has approved a Second Additional Financing for the Rural Economic Transformation Project (RETRAP-AF II). This financing is funded by an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of US$76 million from its Scale-Up Window (SUW) and $9 million grant from the KfW Development Bank through the Liberia Reconstruction Trust…
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Three West African Nations Withdraw from ECOWAS, Citing “Inhumane” Sanctions
In a surprise move that sent shockwaves through the region, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 28th, 2024. This unprecedented decision followed months of tensions with the regional bloc, stemming from the military coups that brought the current governments to power…
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