Category: Foreign News

Niger military have started deploying military along its border with neighbouring country, Benin, amidst imminent military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The development was disclosed by a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama. Recalls that ECOWAS had threatened a possible military… Continue reading

Gabon’s military coup leaders have freed the deposed President Ali Bongo and allowed him to travel abroad for medical reasons. The junta spokesperson, Col. Ulrich Manfoumbi made this known in state television on Wednesday, according to CNN. Bongo has reportedly been held under house arrest since the coup in the… Continue reading

…lauds $14bn in new investment pledges at Nigeria -India Economic Roundtable President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday commended Indian investors for significant investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion U.S. dollars committed during the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India, saying, “we are ready to give you the… Continue reading

Gabonese General, Brice Oligui Nguema, who last week led a coup ending 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty, was sworn in on Monday as interim president, AFP journalists saw. Oligui, head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a coup on Wednesday against President Ali Bongo Ondimba,… Continue reading

French President Emmanuel Macron has boasted that without France’s military operations in the Sahel region, “there would probably no longer be a Mali, Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger.” Macron told the French publication Le Point while referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in… Continue reading

President Bola Tinubu has reacted to the latest coup in Gabon, where President Ali Bongo has been outsted and placed under house arrest. Recall that some military personnel had hinged their plot to seize power from Bongo on what they termed as observed flaws in the recent general election in… Continue reading

Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is under house arrest and one of his sons has been arrested for “treason”, military officers said Wednesday, hours after announcing they had overthrown the government. “President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read… Continue reading

A group of senior Gabonese military officers have appeared on national television declaring they have seized power, claiming the recent general election lacks credibility and saying they represent all Gabon’s security and defence forces. They said the election results were cancelled, all borders closed until further notice and state institutions… Continue reading

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, leader of the Niger junta, has promised to hand over to a civilian government within the next three years. He stated this in a televised broadcast on Saturday night. Tchiani spoke after meeting with a delegation of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) led by… Continue reading

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 Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of ECOWAS on the Niger coup at the ECOWAS Extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday. It… Continue reading