AFRICA NEWS

Guinea’s military leader has named former civil servant Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister to oversee transition to civilian rule following last month’s coup.   Mr Beavogui, 68, is an expert in agricultural finance. He is related to Diallo Tellia a former Guinean diplomat who served as the first secretary-general of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his position of leaving office at the end of his current term in office, keeping with the two-term limit enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. On the final day of his tour of the Ashanti Region, the president granted an interview to Kumasi-based Pure …

Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president.   The ceremony will be held at the presidential palace and will be attended by those who have been invited only.   Col Doumbouya led the coup that ousted President Alpha Condé early last …

Chairman for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Akufo-Addo says military leaders in Guinea have expressed their commitment towards releasing ousted President Alpha Condé.   According to him, the junta is cooperating with the sub-regional body to ensure the directives agreed at the meeting in Accra last …

A military coup d’etat attempt failed in Sudan on Tuesday and most of the involved officers were arrested, according to three senior government and military sources. Sudanese authorities have reported a failed attempt to overthrow the country’s transitional government, blaming “military officers and civilians” from the former government of deposed …

Junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya said they would not surrender deposed President Alpha Conde. Regional leaders have put pressure and sanctions on the junta members. After a meeting with regional leaders Friday, Guinean junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya dismissed the idea of letting deposed President Alpha Conde leave the country. …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ECOWAS Chair, on Friday, September 17, 2021, left Accra for Guinea to meet its military leaders a day after the regional bloc imposed travel and financial sanctions on the junta and their families.           The development is a follow-up on the …

Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said told members states in relation to the coup in Guinea that the regional body is required to take informed decisions on these matters that would have long term consequences to the stability and …

  The African Faith Tabernacle Church (A.F.T.C.) would like to clarify itself in relation to a 41-year-old pastor of the African Faith Tabernacle Church at Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, who is said to have been sentenced to 24 years in prison with hard labour …

The United Nations Security Analysis Consultant led by their leader, Dr. Keith E. Noble who is also  CEO for Blackcloud Meddle East has paid a courtesy call on, Bishop Samuel Ben Owusu, United Nations (UN) Peace Ambassador who double as country Director of the International Association of World Peace Advocates. …