KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc decided Sunday to maintain sanctions imposed on Niger following a July military intervention that deposed elected President Mohamed Bazoum. Since the July 26 intervention, ECOWAS has imposed economic sanctions on Niger including the closure of borders ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Deadly attacks on government institutions in Sierra Leone’s capital of Freetown was an attempted coup to remove the government, an official said Tuesday. “The incident was a failed attempted coup. The intention was to illegally subvert and overthrow a democratically elected government,” said Information Minist...
Freetown, Sierra Leone – AFP Armed clashes erupted in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Sunday in what the government said was an attack on a military armoury, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. Witnesses told AFP they heard gunshots and explosions in the city’s Wilberforce district, where the armoury is located alo...
