Only a fool hell-bent on a suicidal path can dare to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 73, in 2027, says Vice President Kashim Shettima. Discounting politicians’ default sycophancy,...

The honeymoon period for President John Dramani Mahama will come to an abrupt end in 2026 as political and economic challenges mount. Top of the list will be...

With the presidential and legislative elections done and dusted amidst much indifference (the 28 December legislative elections attracted less than a third of eligible voters), political minds can...

General Mamady Doumbouya is a happy man at the start of the New Year. Since his election on 28 December as Guinea’s first nonpartisan candidate (he hardly bothered...

This has to be the year of delivery for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko as their administration moves into midterm, the electoral triumphs of...

The interior ministry awarded General Mamady Doumbouya a landslide in Guinea’s presidential election on 28 December but the junta is tightening control as it presides over the booming...

Few confirmed details have emerged about the Pentagon’s attacks – launching 16 GPS-guided missiles from MQ-9 Reaper drones – on claimed jihadist camps near Jabo in Sokoto State...

Recent history gave Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu every reason to stop the attempted putsch in neighbouring Benin on 7 December. Having cut his political teeth campaigning against...

Apart from keeping itself in power by bartering resources, it returned three tonnes of gold after resolving a two-year dispute with Canada’s Barrick gold this month, the Bamako...

A far-reaching audit of large mining companies, launched last month, has rattled Ghana’s booming gold sector. Some had expected stricter controls on taxes and royalties but questioned these...