Togo is intensifying efforts to deliver clean drinking water to its entire population by 2030, committing 21 billion CFA francs (approximately $34 million) to water infrastructure projects in 2026, according to budget documents reviewed by local media.The allocation, which marks an 11% increase from last year’s 19 billion CFA francs, underscores the West African nation’s…
The bustling Dantokpa market in Cotonou has regained its vibrant rhythm, with vendors calling out to customers and motorbikes navigating crowded alleys just days after a brief coup attempt disrupted the West African nation. Traders like Abel Ayihuonsou expressed relief as business resumed. “Everything is calm now, and we’re grateful,” he said, reflecting a broader…
Nigerian authorities said on Sunday they had secured the release of 100 children kidnapped last month from a Catholic school in the northern state of Niger, in one of the largest single releases of hostages since the mass abduction. The children, aged 10 to 18, arrived in the capital Abuja by road on Sunday evening…
The African Union has strongly condemned a failed coup attempt in Benin on Sunday, calling it a grave violation of democratic principles. AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Yousouf described the military action as unacceptable and warned of a worrying resurgence of unconstitutional changes across the continent. AU rejects military interference In a statement issued from…
Benin’s armed forces swiftly thwarted an attempted coup on Sunday, Interior Minister Alassane Seidou announced, after a small group of soldiers briefly took control of state television to claim they had seized power from President Patrice Talon. The West African nation was thrown into brief turmoil when at least eight uniformed soldiers, some in helmets,…
A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday for urgent talks with the country’s new military rulers, barely a week after soldiers seized power following a disputed presidential election. The visit, led by Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio – the current Ecowas chairman – comes…
Deposed Guinea-Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embaló has left Senegal and arrived in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, days after a military coup removed him from power. Embalo’s chief of staff, Califa Soares Cassama, confirmed on Saturday that the former leader is safe in the Congolese capital. Government sources in Brazzaville told AFP the…
The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities with immediate effect after soldiers seized power in the West African state on Wednesday. AU and ECOWAS act swiftly The African Union Peace and Security Council announced the suspension on Friday, citing its zero-tolerance policy on unconstitutional changes of government. The 15-member council demanded the…
General Horta Inta-A Na Man has appointed a close ally of deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo as prime minister, deepening questions over whether the recent coup was genuine or staged. General Horta Inta-A, who declared himself transitional president on Thursday, on Friday named Ilidio Vieira Te – Embalo’s former finance minister and campaign director –…
Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Senegal on Thursday evening, one day after soldiers overthrew him in a swift military coup that has thrown the small West African nation into fresh turmoil. The 52-year-old former brigadier-general, who had been detained in Bissau since Wednesday, was flown out on a Senegalese government-chartered military aircraft…
