Mali: ECOWAS calls for restoration of IBK to his duties, announces sanctions against putschists

The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced the immediate dispatch of a high-level delegation to Bamako for the return of constitutional order, as well as a series of measures. ECOWAS calls for the immediate release of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and officials, and above all the restoration of the Head of […]

Germany joins its voice to countries backing Morocco’s autonomy plan

German Ambassador to Rabat has described the autonomy initiative put forth by Morocco to settle the Sahara issue as the most realistic solution and separatists claims of the Polisario are “unfeasible”. “It is difficult to find a more realistic solution” than the autonomy initiative to the Sahara conflict which has long lasted, the German Ambassador […]

France: Valls quits Matignon to run for President

French socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls Monday resigned from his position as he announced his candidacy for the country’s top job. “I have learned a lot from my countrymen, so yes, I am candidate for the presidency,” Valls told his supporters at Evry (15 miles from Paris). “I have that force in me, the willingness […]