West Africa

Liberia President Joseph Boukai
International News

Trump White House Exposes Its Racism and Ignorance During Visit by West African Leaders

July 29, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Five heads-of-state from West African countries were invited to the White House to meet with United States President Donald Trump. These leaders were Presidents Joseph Boakai of Liberia; Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of […]
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye
International News

Senegal Elects New President

March 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Bassirou Diomaye Faye, 44, has been elected as the president of the West African state of Senegal. Just one week prior to the elections, Faye along with Ousmane Sonko, who were leaders […]
Alliance of Sahel States meeting
International News

French-led Military Alliance Collapses in West Africa

December 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A series of military coups in West Africa since 2020 have taken on an anti-French character in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. All three of these former French colonies constituted a significant […]
International News

France Recalls Diplomats from Niger Ahead of Troop Withdrawal

September 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe President Emmanuel Macron for several weeks has falsely claimed that the French ambassador in Niamey was being held hostage by the newly installed government established by the National Council for the Safeguarding […]
Gabon people celebrate seizure of power by military
International News

Gabon Military Appoints General Nguema as Head of Government

September 5, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Gabonese soldiers, led by the presidential guard, detained President Ali Bongo during the early morning hours of August 30, ending a more than five decades-long political dynasty within this oil-rich West and […]
Niger youth sign up to defend CNSP government
International News

Tens of Thousands Pledge to Resist an Imperialist-backed Intervention in Niger

August 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Millions across the West Africa Sahel region and around the world have loudly objected to the imperialist-instigated threats against the newly installed National Council for the Defense of the Homeland (CNSP) government […]
Burkina Faso and Niger military leaders hold meeting in Ouagadougou, Aug. 2, 2023
International News

Three Military Governments Say They Will Resist Any Western-backed Intervention in Niger

August 4, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe General Abdourahamane Tchiane, the chairman of the ruling military administration in the West African state of Niger, has rejected the call by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to relinquish […]
Niger headquarters of Bazoum's party torched after coup
International News

White House Concerned over Niger Coup

August 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A new leader has emerged in the uranium-rich West African state of Niger just two days after the elected head-of-state, President Mohamed Bazoum, was toppled by his special forces. The presidential guard […]
Niger demonstration against the coup
International News

Niger Soldiers Overthrow Western Allied Government

August 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Throughout the day on July 26, members of the presidential guard in Niamey, the capital of the West African state of Niger, were reportedly in the process of seizing control of the […]
ECOWAS delegation to Guinea on Sept. 17, 2021
International News

Guinea Coup Leader Rejects ECOWAS Initiatives

October 2, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a 15-member regional organization, visited the Guinean capital of Conakry on September 17 in a bid to have the leaders of […]