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The military rulers in Mali appointed spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga new prime minister, succeeding Choguel Kokalla Maïga. Choguel Maiga was replaced after he criticized the military regime in Bamako for failing to organize elections by March 2024 as promised. His statement angered the military rulers in the country, where they have been fostering their grip on […]
Senegalese newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister. Like Faye 44, Sonko 49 also went to jail and was released following a political amnesty by outgoing president Macky Sall. Sonko was announced soon after Faye was sworn in, becoming Africa’s youngest president and ending a period […]
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba has appointed Alain Claude Bilie By Nze as the country’s Prime Minister in replacement of Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda who has been made Vice President – a position vacant since 2019. The office of the President announced Monday the appointment adding that the former Deputy Prime Minister has been tasked […]
The current Ivorian Minister of Defense was appointed head of government by President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday. He succeeds Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died suddenly on July 8. Since the disappearance of Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Hamed Bakayoko was acting head of government. He now officially takes over the post of Prime Minister while keeping his […]