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West Africa: Ecowas Calls Urgent Summit on Guinea, Niger
This Day, 13 October 2009
President Umar Musa yar'Adua has summoned an extraordinary summit of Heads of States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Saturday, October 17, 2009 in… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Authority to meet on Niger, Guinea Conakry
Nigeria First, 12 October 2009
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has said that recent political developments in Mauritania, Guinea Conakry and Niger Republic have set the democratic train of the Economic Commission… Read more »
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West Africa: Yar'Adua Summons Emergency Ecowas Summit Over Niger, Others
Daily Trust, 13 October 2009
President Mamadou Tandja of Niger and his Mauritanian and Guinean counterparts are threatening the peace and stability of the West African sub-region, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua… Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Ministers in Post-Massacre Talks on Guinea Crisis
Republic of Togo, 12 October 2009
The head of West Africa's regional bloc slammed Guinea's military rulers Monday over the "brutal killings of unarmed and defenceless civilians" as ministers met to discuss a… Read more »
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Guinea: Country's Stadium Massacre
Daily Champion, 11 October 2009
THE brutal killing of no fewer than 160 people by Guinean security forces on September 28, is a monumental tragedy and stands condemned. Read more »