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Opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo, pictured in Conakry shortly before he declared victory a day after the elections
Guinea - presidential election

End of house arrest for Guinea opposition leader after post-election violence
Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo votes in Conakry, 18 October 2020.
Guinea

At least 21 people killed in post-election violence in Guinea
Mali transtional President Bah Ndaw (in white), at his inauguration in Bamako, 25 September 2020.
Mali - transitional government

West Africa regional body ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali
Interim president Bah Ndaw was sworn in in televised ceremonies at a conference centre in Bamako
Mali - transitional government

Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw sworn in, promises to cede power within 18 months
Colonel Assimi Goita, and his junta have proposed a military-led transitional body to rule for three years
Mali

Ex-Malian defence minister named interim president, junta leader as deputy
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also the current ECOWAS president, on 15 September 2020 in Accra.
Mali - political crisis

ECOWAS says Mali junta needs to pick civilian leaders 'within days'
Mali coup
Mali coup

Mali junta vows 18-month transition, leaves door open to military leader
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Mali coup

Mali’s military junta drags feet over setting up transitional authority
Malian demonstrators on Friday hailed soldiers for the military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
MALI-coup d'etat

French-speaking group of nations suspends Mali in wake of military coup
Malian demonstrators on Friday hailed soldiers for the military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Mali standoff

West African delegation 'very hopeful' after meeting Mali junta
MALI-SECURITY-KEITA
Africa - Mali Crisis

West African bloc Ecowas faces credibility test in ending Mali standoff
A screenshot showing a virtual summit of the heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) discussing Mali's political crisis, 20 August, 2020.
Africa- Mali crisis

West African leaders to send envoys to Mali to restore 'constitutional order'
Mali military coup leaders appeared on state television early Wednesday with a pledge to oversee a transition to a new elected government after they arrested President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who announced he would step down, 19 August 2020.
MALI

Mali coup leaders promise new elections as detained Keita steps down
Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger and of the ECOWAS, in Mali’s capital Bamako on 23 July 2020, was joined by other leaders for consultations towards finding a lasting solutions to the crisis.
Mali

Mali’s opposition once more rejects Ecowas crisis resolution plan
Mali-Barkhane
Mali-Crisis

Summit on Mali ends without deal as French soldier dies in anti-terrorist operation
L-R: Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman, ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, and President of Ecowas Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou attend the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja
West Africa - borders

West Africa takes tentative steps to re-open region after Covid-19 crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (R) at the joint press conference where they announced the end of the CFA franc. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 21 December 2019.
France-Afrique CFA

End of CFA franc in West Africa only a ‘symbolic change’: economist
A young woman in Sierra Leone carries her child on her back
Sierra Leone

ECOWAS court deems Sierra Leone pregnant girl ban discriminatory
Check point on Nigerian side of border with Benin Republic
Africa - Nigeria-border crisis

Ghanaian traders shut down more foreign-owned shops as Nigeria’s border crisis worsens.

Kumasi, Ghana's second city
Ghana - Nigeria - trade

Nigerian-owned shops in Ghana forced to close by traders: union
The Burkinabe President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (left) with Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou at the Ecowas summit, 14 September 2019.
JIHADISM

West African leaders promise billion-dollar plan to fight jihadists
The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, during a visit to Côte d'Ivoire, 20 November 2017.
Togo

Togo crisis overshadows west Africa summit
Guineau-Bissau presidential palace, Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Fresh talks in Guinea-Bissau to end 2-year deadlock
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