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ECOWAS urges regional unity for socio-economic development
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has called for unity and enforcement of protocols that promote cohesion in...
ECOWAS ready standby force for counterterrorism, to ease Niger Republic sanctions
ECOWAS leaders have resolved to urgently review efforts to activate a standby force for counterterrorism operations in areas infested by...
West Africa counts on chemicals to curb new cotton pest
Farmers gather piles of cotton after picking them at a cotton farm in Korhogo, Ivory Coast November 21, 2023. REUTERS/...
Hundreds more Palestinians killed as Israel pursues Hamas in south Gaza
Smoke rises over destroyed buildings in Gaza as seen from southern Israel, December 6, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 7...
Former Sierra Leone president Koroma summoned for questioning over failed coup
Sierra Leone's former President Ernest Bai Koroma attends an international observers briefing on Kenya's general election organised by the Independent...
US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise
A Palmetto M4 assault rifle is seen at the Rocky Mountain Guns and Ammo store in Parker, Colorado July 24,...
US declares warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes
A general view of refugee tents in the Metche Sudanese refugee camp, Chad, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo...
Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war
A woman mourns the bodies of her child and husband killed in an Israel army bombardment of the Gaza Strip,...
In a rare action against Israel, US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Blinken...
Israeli forces storm Khan Younis in south Gaza, killing scores of Palestinians
A wounded Palestinian is brought into Nasser hospital, following Israeli strikes on Ma'an school east of Khan Younis, amid the...