African Union

September 01, (THEWILL) - The African Union (AU) has suspended the Republic of Gabon as member of the Union, following the military coup that sacked President Ali Bongo Ondimba. On Wednesday, senior officers in Gabon said they had seized power...

August 30, (THEWILL) - The Military junta in Gabon has announced a coup, deposing President Ali Bongo, who was declared winner of Saturday’s election. Bongo, who came to power after the death of his father in 2009, won a third...

August 27, (THEWILL) - While Nigeria is championing the concerted efforts at restoring democracy in the Niger Republic, democracy is dying off in Nigeria. Ironically, it is not the military, being the conventional enemy of democracy, that is culpable,...

August 24, (THEWILL) - President Tinubu has approved the return of a delegation of Nigerian muslim leaders (Ulama), to Niger republic, for another round of dialogue with leader of the military junta, General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The President gave his approval...

Augus 20, (THEWILL) - The world has returned to the climax of a Cold War and Ukraine and the Sahel region seem to be the operational theatres of the absurd. Although it is a complex and sloppy terrain, only...

August 14, (THEWILL) - The African Union (AU), on Monday, held talks on the ongoing political impasse in Niger. “AU’s Peace & Security Council meets to receive an update on the evolution of the situation in Niger and the...

On 26 July, Niger experienced the fifth military coup in its troubled history. The head of the Presidential Guard, General Omar Tchiani, led a group of army officers to overthrow and detain the civilian President Mohamed Bazoum. On the...

August 07, (THEWILL) - The "New World Order" was an initiative that gained currency in the late 1970s and early 80s before the decimation of the USSR, now Russia, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany. The...

July 28, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's President and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will host a special meeting of the regional leaders on Sunday, July 30, in Abuja. His Special Adviser on Special...

July 17, (THEWILL) - President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, the Nation's capital, after participating in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) held at the UN complex in Nairobi, Kenya. Tinubu, who left Abuja on...