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Senator Ndume To Tinubu: Fix Nigerian Situation Or I Will Leave 'Sinking Ship' APC
Sahara Reporters
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Senator Ali Ndume has said he may leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) if President Bola Tinubu fails to address the growing problems facing the country. Ndume, who represents Borno South, issued the warning on Tuesday during an interview on...
Suspected jihadists attack string of Mali military sites
Modern Ghana
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Suspected jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, the military and residents said, in a new series of attacks in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region. For more...
ECOWAS gets a new leader at pivotal time for West Africa
Deutsche Welle
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June 24, 2025
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But, in that short period, the main political and economic body in the region witnessed some of the...
France Loses Niger Uranium Mine As EU, Trump Boost Nuclear for AI
Benzinga
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France lost a strategic uranium mine in Africa after Niger's military junta seized the reserve from Europe’s biggest nuclear producer. The junta described the nationalization of the Somair mine as "healthier and more sustainable management" of...
Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Port Moresby/Rome - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua New Guinea, promote sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia, and help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall. The...
France hands over 4th military site to Senegal
Xinhua News Agency
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DAKAR, July 1 (Xinhua) -- France has transferred control of a fourth military site to Senegal, the French Embassy in Dakar has announced in a statement. The statement said that on Tuesday, France officially handed over the Inter-Armed Transmission...
It’s All Wrong Sir! Commander-In-Chief
Daily Guide
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June 19, 2025
President John Mahama Section 57(1) of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana makes the President of Ghana the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ghana. In the words of the Constitution “There shall be a President of the Republic of...
Ali Ndume Slams APC Leadership, Warns of Collapse Amid Mass Defections and Insecurity
Arise News
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June 25, 2025
Senator representing Borno South and a former Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, in a blistering critique of his own party, has warned that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is in danger of political implosion due to unprincipled defections...
West Africa: ECOWAS fights for survival under new leadership
Deutsche Welle
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June 24, 2025
It is not exactly the end of a proverbial era: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for just under two years as its rotating chairman. But in that short period, the main political and economic...
In the Shadow of Giants: Small Nations in a World of Big Ambitions
Front Page Africa
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June 30, 2025
Picture a bustling marketplace where some vendors openly bully others, stealing their wares, silencing their voices, and claiming their stalls simply because they are stronger. By Peter Quaqua, contributing writer This isn’t just a scene from a...
Nigeria Demands Proactive ECOWAS Standby Force
Oriental News Nigeria
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June 24, 2025
Joseph Bakare President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep concern over the slow pace of activating the ECOWAS Standby Force and urged West African leaders to move swiftly from concept to reality in the collective fight against terrorism and...
Ndume: Tinubu’s Government Filled with Yes Men, Dependants, Not Truth Tellers
Arise News
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June 25, 2025
Ex-Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday told President Bola Tinubu to surround himself with people who will tell him the truth, rather than having ‘yes men’ all around him, having been a kingmaker for years before he became...
Russia’s Foothold in Africa: Wagner’s Legacy and the Rise of the African Corps in Mali (18+)
SouthFront
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June 30, 2025
Support SouthFront Illustrative Image The sands of Mali have become a battleground where Russia’s influence is being cemented through fire and steel. After three and a half years of relentless counterterrorism operations, the Wagner Group declared...
Malta proclaimed free of Newcastle disease
WATT Poultry - Illinois
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June 25, 2025
Malta has been declared free of Newcastle disease, according to a June 25 report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). WOAH earlier reported that the presence of the disease had been confirmed in two poultry flocks in Zebbug on May...
Suspected Terrorists in Mali Attack Military Sites
News Central TV
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July 1, 2025
Suspected terrorists launched attacks on multiple military sites across Mali early Tuesday, including an assault on an army camp in the western city of Kayes, according to the military and local residents, as the country grapples with a surge in...
Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal
Associated Press
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July 1, 2025
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal, Mali’s military said Tuesday — an development that one expert called especially worrying as the deadly violence spreads. The al-Qaida-linked JNIM extremist...
SPECIAL REPORT: Farmers feeling the brunt as kidnappers lay siege to Kwara communities
Premium Times
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June 29, 2025
The folks of Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State remember 28 September 2024 as a sad day in their community’s history. In the evening of that Sunday, Lukman Balogun, the head of the local vigilantes and a major traditional...
Democracy must serve citizens, not just electoral cycles — Prof. Manuh
Graphic
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July 1, 2025
An Academic and a Senior Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof. Emerita Takyiwaa Manuh has called for a shift in focus from electoral cycles to ensure that democracy serves the needs of the people. “We must ensure...
Highways to hell: west Africa’s road networks are the preferred battleground for terror groups
Insight News - Minnesota
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June 24, 2025
What’s the connection between roads and conflict in west Africa? This may seem like an odd question. But a study we conducted shows a close relationship between the two. We are researchers of transnational political violence. We analysed 58,000...
Kremlin explains why Russia is ‘returning’ to Africa
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s renewed efforts to strengthen ties with Africa come amid growing dissatisfaction across the continent with neocolonial influences, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia in an interview published Monday. He explained...