Friday Column

Friday Column

Wagner: Weaponising Francafrique for military dictatorship

This week, the controversial Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, died when his plane was blown off the sky. He was a man of many talents, said the

PBAT policy package: Understanding difficulties of take off

This week, the innocent sounding term: “All Eyes on the Judiciary” appears to seriously irritate the Tinubu government, I wonder why? The anger is see

Niger coup: Defending democracy or combating French neo-colonialism

The ECOWAS emergency summit yesterday started well. Chairman Bola Tinubu in his opening remarks called for a focus on the use of diplomatic channels a

Niger: Apply pressure BUT stop the countdown to war

Last Sunday, at its 51st Extraordinary Summit in Abuja, ECOWAS announced a series of resolutions that would guide its action towards the restoration o

Coup in Niger: Not again

The Wednesday coup in Niger finally succeeded at midnight with soldiers announcing on national TV the dissolution of the Constitution, Parliament and