The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided on Wednesday, to shut down all their land and air borders with Mali after its president announced his resignation in the wake of a military rebellion. ECOWAS disclosed this in a statement where-in it stated that they will also halt trade relations with Mali. The […]
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that, rebel soldiers arrested Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon following weeks of political tension in the country. READ ALSO: Malian […]
The Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has resigned on Tuesday after a military mutiny. “If today, certain elements of our armed forces want this to end through their intervention, do I really have a choice?” he said from a military base in Kati outside the capital Bamako where he had been detained earlier in the […]
A regional official says the president and prime minister of Mali are now in the custody of mutinous soldiers, sparking fears the country could be plunged into further political turmoil. Mutineering soldiers in Mali, on Tuesday, detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, one of their leaders said. “We can tell you that […]
Mali seems to be heading towards a possible coup as soldiers on Tuesday took up arms in Kati town and began arresting top military officers. READ ALSO: Buhari returns from Mali Peace Mission An officer in Mali’s Ministry of International Security said, “Arrests are being made of officials. It’s total confusion,”. Meanwhile this action is […]
Buhari on Monday urged Malian political leaders to embrace peace in the country and the likely spiralling effect on the sub-region, Daily Times gathered. The president gave the challenge during a virtual Extraordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja. The Nigerian leader […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday evening returned from Bamako, Mali, after many hours of consultations and closed door meeting meant to mitigate political crisis in that country. According to reports, the meeting was attended by the host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita; Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Alassane Ouattara of Cote […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Mali for a one-day peace mission visit. Buhari’s arrival was confirmed in a tweet by his personal assistant on new media, Mr Bashir Ahmad. The visit is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. Daily Times reports that in a statement by the Special Adviser […]
Mali and Burkina Faso on Friday said that their countries have recorded over 187,139 and 115,000 respectively. The countries gave their report at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament held in Abuja. Hon. Fomba Niambali, Member of Parliament from Mali, said that 920 schools have been closed with 187,139 Internally Displaced Person’s […]
African Airlines Association (AFRAA), has called on African governments to develop a policy that would enable their airlines to own airports in their countries or vice versa in order to reduce losses. Director of Government, Legal and Industry Affairs, AFRAA, Mr Aaron Munetsi, canvassed this position on the side-lines of a recently concluded African Travel […]
When Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai pensively declared in his speech at the ongoing summit on security in Abuja that “Insurgency remains one difficult form of asymmetric warfare. Nations must explore new frontiers of knowledge to understand this world threat,” it struck my heart thunderously. His words vibrated and […]
Egypt have progressed to the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup as Group D winners after a 1-0 win over Ghana in Port-Gentil. Victory, secured by Mohamed Salah’s first-half goal, took the seven-time champions above Ghana and into first place with a total of seven points. Ghana also progress to the competition’s final eight, having […]
Mali’s Tuareg-led rebels signed up to a preliminary peace agreement with the government on Thursday as a gesture of “good faith” to end decades of separatist fighting, but said they would need more guarantees before signing a final accord. Mali’s government accepted the U.N. and Algerian-backed deal in March, but the Tuareg-led coalition argued that […]
Armed insurgents exchanged fire with soldiers in Mali on Wednesday, plunging peace negotiations into disarray in the first clash this year between government forces and the main Tuareg rebel alliance. A Malian army colonel said fighters from the Tuareg-led Co-ordination for the Movements of Azawad (CMA) had ambushed military positions in Lere, a central town […]