Niger's military leaders have released more than 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as well as several senior army officers, convicted or accused of ... Read More

In a significant shift in the region's diplomatic and security landscape, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger will visit Moscow this week to deepen their strategic ties with Russia. Scheduled for April 3-4, this marks the first AES-Russia ... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled a historic set of tariffs, including a 34% levy on Chinese imports and a 20% tax on European Union goods, marking a sharp escalation in global trade tensions. Speaking from the Rose Garden, Trump declared ... Read More

African Union mediators landed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, on Wednesday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a return to civil war. The intervention follows the house arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar last week, a move that has ... Read More

Guinea’s military Junta has announced it will hold a constitutional referendum on the 21st September 2025.    It’s hoped the vote will put the country back on the path to civilian rule following several broken promises by the military pledging to organise the ... Read More

United States President Donald Trump announced plans for sweeping tariffs Wednesday, saying “our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, plundered” by other nations. The aggressive rhetoric came as Trump showed a willingness to dismantle a global economic system that the United ... Read More

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s immediate past Foreign Minister on Tuesday, April 1, assumed duty in London as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Prior to her departure for London, Madam Ayorkor Botchwey called on President Mahama at the Presidency in Accra ... Read More

The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries' foreign ministries said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The West African nations, ... Read More

Keir Starmer - UK Prime Minister The Rwanda scheme was "wasteful" and "inefficient" according to Starmer, speaking at an international immigration summit hosted by the UK on Monday. The British Prime Minister slammed the scheme developed by the previous government of sending ... Read More

Donald Trump President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that some people are encouraging him to seek a third term in office, despite the U.S. Constitution's clear prohibition against it. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he had ... Read More