From left, Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangore, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore, at joint press conference following meeting of foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States in Moscow, Russia
The Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa. Niger is bordered by ALGERIA to the northwest, MALI and BURKINA FASO to the west, BENIN to the southwest, NIGERIA to the south, CHAD to the east, and LIBYA to the northeast. By Gary
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS Friday said it will keep crippling sanctions
The national flag of West African nation Mali (Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) on Thursday ordered suspension of sanctions placed against Mali. Leaders from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS imposed regional
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Photo: UN) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the government of West African nation Mali to announce an “acceptable” vote timetable for holding elections. The UN chief made the
Credit: ecowas.int/ The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed economic and diplomatic
The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea from its
Nigeria’s president Buhari chairing the 55th ordinary session of the ECOWAS. Adam Abu Bashal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Benjamin Maiangwa, Durham University In an article published in 1994 titled The Coming Anarchy, the American journalist Robert Kaplan predicted an impending Armageddon for West Africa due to what
(twitter.com/un_minusma) Ouverture ce 30/11 /2020 de l’atelier du Groupe de Soutien à la Transition présidé par le 1er ministre malien, M. OUANE, en présence du RSSG ANNADIF, des représentants de l’#UA et #CEDEAO. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative for Mali and Head of the
Credit: African Union / African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union (AU) ended its two months suspension of Mali’s membership in the