Ghana will host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers next week in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said on Thursday. According to the minister, the meeting will be held on April 22 and 23,Continue Reading
Mali on Monday announced the decision to close its airspace to all civilian and military aircraft traveling to and from Algeria, effective immediately and until further notice, as tension escalates between the two countries after Algeria shot down a Malian drone. The Malian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure saidContinue Reading
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger issued a joint statement on Sunday, recalling their ambassadors to Algeria in protest against the downing of a Malian military drone by Algerian forces. The three governments “strongly condemned” Algeria’s actions, stating that the drone strike “disrupted an operation targeting a group planning aContinue Reading
The foreign ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) will pay an official visit to Moscow on Thursday and Friday, as part of an initiative aimed at deepening relations between the AES and the Russian Federation, said a joint statement released on Tuesday. This first session of consultations,Continue Reading
By Ghana Eye Report Morocco highlighted, on Tuesday before the African Union’s Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), the urgent need to support countries in political transition to accelerate their return to the pan-African organization. During informal consultations with Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Sudan, convened by theContinue Reading
Mali has decided to withdraw from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced in a statement on Tuesday. “Mali cannot remain a member of an organization whose actions are incompatible with the constitutional principles that guide public governanceContinue Reading
