West africa
Ghana candidates sign peace pact ahead of vote
Ghana heads to the polls on Monday, and while the West African country has traditionally ensured peaceful elections and transitions of power, unlike many of its...
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Ivory Coast ruling party warns opposition over post-vote unrest
The West African country's electoral commission released preliminary results from Saturday's ballot showing Ouattara with a dominant lead, which had been expected given the opposition's boycott.
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'Democratic backsliding' in W.Africa as election season begins
Millions more will vote across the region - in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Nigeria - before the year is out, under the wary eye of defenders of democracy.
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W.African bloc again calls for 'swift' Mali civilian transition
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade and financial flows, and has called for elections within 12 months.
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West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
The report, not published by ECOWAS but posted on several websites, also requires that civilians fill the posts of both president and prime minister.
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Sasol plans to cut jobs, end West African oil operations
The South African petrochemicals producer has also agreed a deal with lenders to relax borrowing rules.
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Pandemic devastates growth prospects in West African states
Burkina Faso on Thursday slashed its expectations of GDP growth for 2020 from 6.3% to 2%, in an nationwide address by President Roch Kabore.
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'Ghost' ancestors: African DNA study detects mysterious human species
The study indicated that present-day West Africans trace a substantial proportion, some 2% to 19%, of their genetic ancestry to an extinct human species.
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Sierra Leone pro football league gets first female coach
The East End Tigers named police officer Victoria Conteh, who formerly coached the country's female football team, as its head coach.
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India says 20 crew kidnapped from tanker off West Africa
The ship’s operator Union Maritime wrote on its website that the craft was 'attacked and boarded' while carrying fuel oil to the Togolese capital Lome from Angola and that the company was working with relevant authorities to resolve the incident.
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Burkina Faso army says 32 'terrorists' killed in two operations
One soldier was killed in the military response, which followed an attack on a patrol, an army statement said.
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Why age gives West African women more autonomy and power
In some West African communities, age and magico-religious beliefs have a huge role to play in a woman's independence.
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Ghana and Ivory Coast lift threat to suspend cocoa supplies
In what they called a 'historic' move, the two West African neighbours on 12 June vowed to suspend the sale of their 2020/2021 production to buyers unwilling to meet a minimum price of $2,600 per tonne, a move that shook the cocoa market.
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Ghana halts $200-million parliament plan after outcry
An online campaign by cultural figures and civil society under the banner #DropThatChamber drew widespread support that the West African nation had more pressing needs.
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Ghana opposition leader arrested as kidnap suspect - police
Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, national chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is a former member of parliament and government minister.
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Senegal president's camp claims re-election victory but opposition cries foul
The West African nation has long been viewed as the region’s most stable democracy, with peaceful transitions of power since independence in 1960.
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Surge in piracy off West Africa in 2018 - maritime watchdog
According to the International Maritime Bureau, there were 201 recorded incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery last year, up from 180 in 2017.
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Fight against Boko Haram tops regional summit agenda
At the November meeting in N’Djamena, leaders had focused on overhauling current strategy in their fight against Boko Haram, Buhari said.
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Nigerian military struggles against Islamic State in West Africa - sources
The setback in the war against Islamic State in West Africa and the Boko Haram insurgency from which it split in 2016 comes as President Muhammadu Buhari seeks a second term.
