Niger’s military junta has called on Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe “to be a facilitator, to be able to facilitate this dialogue with our various partners,” in particular with the West African bloc ECOWAS which has maintained sanctions against the country since the July coup. While meeting Gnassingbe in Togo’s capital Lomé, Niger’s Minister of Defense, […]
Tunisian autocrat Kais Saied is intensifying crackdown to silence potential rivals as he seeks re-election in the presidential elections due in October. The president has ordered a campaign against critical voices in the media and civil society, drawing criticism from rights watchdogs. The most recent measures against political opponents included the arrest of Lotfi Mraihi, […]
Morocco and Nigeria are making headway towards the achievement of the Atlantic Gas Pipeline that is meant to carry Nigerian gas through six countries to Morocco with a potential for export to Europe. To materialize this project, additional agreements were signed in Rabat in the presence of King Mohammed VI and Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Geoffrey […]
