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ABUJA (Reuters) -The West African regional bloc ECOWAS pushed junta-led Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali to reconsider their decision to quit the political and economic alliance, it said on Thursday, warning of the hardships the move would force on their citizens. Their departure threatens to further weaken ECOWAS, which has struggled to curtail a retreat of democracy in West Africa that started with a military takeover in Mali in 2020.

Senegal's internet service has been restored after two days of curfew-style restrictions by the government following the postponement of this month's presidential election, internet monitor... -February 07, 2024 at 07:20 am EST - MarketScreener

A rocket landed near a university in the Congo city of Goma on Wednesday as thousands more civilians fled a fresh advance by M23 rebels that threatens to isolate the strategic urban hub in the violence-ridden east of the country. There were no casualties from the strike, which blasted a crater into an area of open ground in the Lac Vert neighbourhood northwest of Goma, but the attack underscored the potential threat to the city of around two million people. In an region already plagued with militia violence, M23 rebels launched a major new offensive in March 2022, sparking a conflict that ha...

DAKAR -West Africa's main economic and political bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday urged Senegalese politicians to urgently take measures to re-establish an electoral calendar in line with the constitution... -February 06, 2024 at 12:11 pm EST - MarketScreener

Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers and a former police captain were arrested on Tuesday, the spokesman for the dissolved Pastef opposition party said via message. ... -February 06, 2024 at 03:56 pm EST - MarketScreener