Diplomacy, not ground standing will restore democracy in Niger – Bwala

NewsNigeriaWest AfricaDiplomacy, not ground standing will restore democracy in Niger – Bwala

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)August 11, 2023

As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met on Thursday in respect of the Niger crisis, Daniel Bwala, a lawyer and spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said that diplomacy rather than ground standing will restore democracy in Niger. The lawyer in an interview on Thursday said that ECOWAS opted for threats before initiating diplomacy. Bwala said, “When you’re leading and nobody is following, you are simply taking a walk....

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ECOWAS Military Chief’s Reconsider Use Of Force Against Niger Coup Plotters

AfricaNewsNigeriaWest AfricaECOWAS Military Chief’s Reconsider Use Of Force Against Niger Coup Plotters

Andrew Nwonye (Staff Reporter)August 5, 2023

The security committee of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) comprising Military Chiefs of some West African countries, on Friday said they would give diplomacy a chance in the Republic of Niger over current activities of junta in the country. The Chiefs of Defence Staff from Togo, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Cote’Divoire, Cabo Verde and Republic of Benin stated this at the end of their two-day high-powered delegation...

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ECOWAS gives 7-days ultimatum to Niger coup mastermind, Tchaini to reinstate Bazoom

AfricaNewsWest AfricaECOWAS gives 7-days ultimatum to Niger coup mastermind, Tchaini to reinstate Bazoom

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)July 31, 2023

Threatens military action after  expiration of deadline To close land, air borders between ECOWAS countries and Niger Orders no fly zone on all commercial flights to and from Niger Authority of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the mastermind of the coup in Niger Republic, seven days within which to reinstate Mohammed Bazoom back to power, failure of which it might resort...

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Terrorists Displace 5.5 Million Persons In West Africa

NewsWest AfricaTerrorists Displace 5.5 Million Persons In West Africa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 14, 2022

No fewer than 5.5 million people had been displaced by terrorists in the West African region in four and a half years. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, the outgoing President of the ECOWAS Commission,  who disclosed this during the handover ceremony to the new president, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, also said14,500 persons have been killed within the period. According to him, the commission had reached out to provide assistance to many of the affected people and victims...

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Cameroon Presidential Succession Looms Large in Solving Country’s Political Crises

ColumnsPoliticsWest AfricaCameroon Presidential Succession Looms Large in Solving Country’s Political Crises

PilotnewsOctober 19, 2021

The eventual succession to Paul Biya, Cameroon’s president since 1982, will likely prove a critical moment for Cameroon and its overlapping political and security crises.   By Michelle Gavin, Guest columnist and blogger In Cameroon, an incident last week in which a gendarme shot and killed a young child in Buea—a regional capital that has been the site of clashes between anglophone separatists and federal government forces—is the most recent outrage to make international headlines. Yet every day,...

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Power Elongation By Leaders in West Africa Root Cause Of Political Instability- Akufo-Addo

PoliticsWest AfricaPower Elongation By Leaders in West Africa Root Cause Of Political Instability- Akufo-Addo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 16, 2021

President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo and the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has attributed political instability in West Africa to power elongation by leaders. President Akufo-Addo made the call during the opening of the High-level Parliamentary Seminar organized by the ECOWAS Parliament in Winneba, Ghana with the theme “Two Decades of Democratic Elections in ECOWAS Member States: Achievements, Challenges, and the...

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Enugu State Joins West Africa’s Network Of Regional Reference Laboratories

HealthWest AfricaEnugu State Joins West Africa’s Network Of Regional Reference Laboratories

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2021

ENUGU — The Director-General of West African Health Organization, WAHO, Professor Stanley Okolo has called on Enugu State to maximize the opportunity of being included in West Africa’s network of regional reference laboratories created for the sole purpose of early detection and response to outbreaks and epidemics. Prof. Okolo stated this at the opening ceremony of an ongoing three-day conference organized by the West African Health Organization in Enugu which has in attendance representatives from...

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OPINION: Coups Are Back in West Africa

BlogColumnsWest AfricaOPINION: Coups Are Back in West Africa

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger For the third time in only five months, violence has facilitated a transfer of power in West Africa, with Guinea, Mali (twice in the past thirteen months), and Chad seeing new leaders rise from their respective militaries. West Africa’s post-colonial history has been punctuated by coups. But, especially after regional powerhouse Nigeria moved from military to civilian rule in 1999, there was a strong sense that the days of...

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ECOWAS Inaugurates Parliament For Street Children

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS Inaugurates Parliament For Street Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 7, 2021

ABUJA — The ECOWAS Parliament has launched Parliament for Street Children to curb the increase in the number of children on the streets in the region and to serve as the voice for the deprived and abandoned kids. Rt. Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, commenced the inauguration with the induction of the Bureau of the Street Parliament which was held in the ECOWAS Parliament, Abuja. Tunis, who decried the rise in...

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Unanswered Questions Swirl Following Burkina Faso Murders

Crime & SecurityOpinionWest AfricaUnanswered Questions Swirl Following Burkina Faso Murders

PilotnewsApril 29, 2021

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   Confirmed by the Spanish prime minister, Western media reports that two Spanish filmmakers and the Irish president of a conservation non-governmental organization (NGO) were murdered in Burkina Faso near the border with Benin on April 26. Roberto Fraile and David Beriain were in Burkina Faso working on a documentary about poaching. They were accompanied by Rory Young, a Zambia-born Irish citizen who headed Chengeta Wildlife, an NGO devoted to...

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