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Niger's military coup leaders announced the appointment of Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as prime minister on Monday evening in a statement, at a time when the international community is seeking to restore constitutional order. "Mr (Ali…

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power. Nelson Chamisa also warned that any evidence of tampering by Mnangagwa's…

One of the officers behind the coup in Niger, General Salifou Mody has visited Mali and met with officials from the country. Mody and his delegation attended a meeting with Colonel Assimi Goita, who seized control of the landlocked West…

South Africa's radical leftist opposition party, EFF, urged the leaders of China, India and Brazil to boycott the upcoming BRICS summit in solidarity with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Speaking at an anniversary rally for South…

The leader of the mutinous soldiers who detained the democratically elected president in Niger addressed the nation, two days after the military takeover. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, who goes by Omar, said the country needed to change…

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was sentenced to two years in prison a month ago, has called on the Senegalese people to "go out in droves" over the next few days, on the eve of an address to the nation by President Macky Sall, who is…

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged says he was being "illegally held" by security forces and urged the public to protest. "I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets," he said on social media, escalating a…

Senegalese police abruptly ended opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's march across the country by arresting him in the south and forcibly returning him to Dakar, the authorities said. Interior Minister Antoine Diome cited the clashes…

West African countries have been urged to entrench good governance and constitutional order in a bid to avert unconstitutional change in government in the region. The President of Gambia, Adama Barrow made the call in Banjul, the Gambia…

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has rejected a court ruling that could preclude him from running in next year's election, vowing to pursue his candidacy and calling for a mass protest against President Macky Sall. On Monday, a…