Guinea junta chief wins presidential election by landslide

Guinea’s junta chief Gen Mamady Doumbouya has won the presidential election by a landslide, getting 86.7% of the vote, according to provisional results published by the election commission. The general is hoping to legitimise his rule after seizing power in a coup in 2021. A civil society group calling for the return of civilian rule […]

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Mali and Burkina Faso impose travel ban on US citizens in tit-for-tat move

Mali and Burkina Faso say they will bar US citizens from entering their countries in response to a similar move by the Trump administration. The two West African states were recently placed under full entry restrictions under US President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban. In separate statements, they said they would apply the same measures on […]

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Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a peace agreement to end the war with Russia is “90% ready”, in a New Year address that largely focused on resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Zelensky said the remaining 10% of the agreement to end nearly four years of conflict would “determine the fate of peace, the fate […]

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In Liberia, the Labor Minister dismissed inspector for selling out fake Alien Work Permit!

The Ministry of Labour has, with immediate effect dismissed Labour Inspector Matthew J. Johns, for issuing a fake Alien Work Permit  to expatriate worker  for USD1,000.00.  Currently, each alien Work Permit is USD3,000.000. A Labour Ministry press release issued today quotes Minister Cooper W. Kruah as asserting that his action against labour inspector Matthew J. […]

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