(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received a comprehensive report on the coup attempt to remove President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. African Examiner reports that the attempted coup was, however, not successful as it was aborted by loyalist forces. The Nigerian leader was briefed on the sidelines of the African Union Summit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers have arrested Burkina Faso’s President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore. On Monday, mutinous soldiers announced that the government of Kabore did not support them in a deadly insurgency. According to available information, heavy gunfire was heard Sunday night near Kabore’s official residence, Ouagadougou, the state capital Also, armored vehicles in the president’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to withdraw all its ambassadors from Mali and close land and air borders between member-countries and Mali. This resolution was conveyed in a communiqué issued after an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana. […]
more(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant which has prompted many governments to impose new restrictions. The new variant was first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa a week ago and has quickly shown up across continents, deepening […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Liberia President, Charles Taylor, has sued the Liberian government concerning its ‘refusal’ to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. African Examiner recalls that Taylor was involved in a 13-year civil war in Liberia after he led a rebellion in 1989 to remove President Samuel Doe, which […]