Junta-Led Sahel States Plan To Proceed With Establishment Of Confederation

LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger plan to proceed with the establishment of a confederation, the Malian foreign ministry said on Thursday, as the three countries deepen ties via an alliance that threatens broader West African integration. The neighbours in the impoverished Sahel region announced in January they would quit the Economic Community…

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Mystery Illness Strikes Hawaii Bound Cruise Ship As 154 Passengers Experience Vomiting, Diarrhea

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mystery gastrointestinal illness is spreading aboard a Hawaii-bound cruise ship, sickening at least 154 people as of Saturday, officials said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the midst of investigating the massive outbreak on the Queen Victoria, operated by Cunard Cruise Line, a British shipping and cruise line…

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Senegal: Student Dies As Violent Clashes Spread Over Election Postponement

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent protests in Senegal against the postponement of presidential elections have spread across the country, with the first fatality reported. A student died in clashes with police on Friday in the northern city of Saint-Louis, an opposition leader and a local hospital source said. In the capital Dakar, security forces fired tear…

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Why ECOWAS  Is In Tatters?

LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As West African ministers gathered in Nigeria’s capital for yet another emergency meeting, they must have been wondering what further shocks could befall their region – its stability and political cohesion already tested to breaking-point. The session of the mediation and security council of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)…

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