Diplomacy Archive

Provisional results from Cape Verde indicate that the main opposition candidate, José Maria Neves, has won the first round of the presidential election. Seven candidates are bidding to replace President Jorge Carlo Fonseca, who is not allowed to serve more than

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has imposed sanctions against the military government in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move on Thursday was agreed at an emergency

“ECOWAS did not sit aloof and watch this happen, we engaged and I was even part of delegations that went there, sent by heads of state to engage with all stakeholders and to try and stop this…and engage with the president

West Africa’s regional bloc, today has suspended Guinea’s membership, following military take over that removed President Alpha Conde. During an extraordinary virtual summit on Wednesday, leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demanded a return to the constitutional order and

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has said it is ready to normalize diplomatic relations with Egypt. According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the two sides addressed “bilateral issues as well as a number of regional topics, such as the situation in Libya,

Ghana’s president Akuffo-Addo is expected to lead a subregional leaders for virtual extraordinary summit on political situation in Guinea on Wednesday. The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced at a press briefing in Accra. The Economic Community of

The third son of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been released from jail in the capital Tripoli, where he had been held since 2014. Sa’adi Gaddafi was commander of Libya’s Special Forces but was also famous for attempting a

The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he want to see a stable, prosperous, and secure Mali. The pro-government news portal DailySabah.com report a phone call with the West African country’s interim President Assimi Golta, said Turkey always supports the brotherly people