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Senegal’s President proposes general amnesty amidst political tensions
SENEGAL – Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, has announced plans for a general amnesty for political demonstrators from 2021 to 2024, seeking to ease ...
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ECOWAS lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the ...
International
President Akufo-Addo reshuffles cabinet, sacks Finance Minister
GHANA – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sacked his Finance Minister in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle ahead of elections in December, according to ...
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ECOWAS Chair, Tinubu, meets President Sall over postponed elections, political crisis
SENEGAL – Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, is meeting his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, in the capital, Dakar, as a constitutional crisis continues there ...
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‘We feel betrayed,’ Muslims speak out on political crisis in Senegal
DAKAR – Senegal appears to be having an identity crisis – its citizens are proud of the fact that it is considered one ...
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Access Bank confirms death of its boss, Wigwe, his wife, son in helicopter accident
Access Holdings Plc has announced and confirmed the tragic demise of its Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, and son in a ...
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Resistance grows, clashes spread over election postponement in Senegal
SENEGAL – Violent protests in Senegal against the postponement of presidential elections have spread across the country, with the first fatality reported. A ...
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Access Bank CEO, Wigwe, 5 others perish in helicopter crash
Six people, including the Group Chief Executive Officer of one of Nigeria’s largest lenders, Access Bank, have been killed in a helicopter crash ...
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US calls for investigation into alleged civilian killings in Ethiopia’s Amhara region
ETHIOPIA – The United States (U.S) is calling for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where a ...
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African air traffic outperforms EU, America; grows 38.7% in 2023
African air carriers’ traffic are said to have grown by 38.7 percent in 2023, compared with the year before, ahead of Latin and ...