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Otherwise, Africa risks repeating a familiar tragedy: Revolutionary promise cut short, followed by renewed dependency and despair. That is the real dilemma before us, not democracy versus ...

Algeria and Niger have embarked on a new chapter in their diplomatic relations. On Thursday, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the return of the Algerian ambassador to Niamey. This move had been ...

Ending more than four decades of conjecture, the Spanish government moved to publish documents from a long-secret ...

The end of January 2026 effectively marked the end of party politics in Burkina Faso. On 29 January, Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s ...

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and ...

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III — Photo from Vicente Tito Sotto/Facebook MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III has averted a supposed attempt to oust him from the Senate ...

History isn’t a dusty archive. It lives in the names we place on roads, schools, airports and monuments. These markers aren’t just labels; they broadcast values to citizens, visitors, and especially ...

He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had ...

BAMAKO - A well-known Mali journalist critical of the region's military rulers was arrested Thursday following the publication of an article criticising Niger's junta chief, an industry association ...

Malian journalist Youssouf Sissoko remains behind bars awaiting trial after authorities criminalized a published opinion piece deemed insulting to neighbouring Niger's military ruler. This statement ...

LAGOS, Feb 26 - Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are rapidly increasing their attacks on the borderlands between Niger, Benin and Nigeria, turning remote transit corridors into active ...