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2 months ago | 
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President Joseph Boakai has reinstated Madam Davidetta Browne-Lansanah as Chairperson of Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) one month after her “indefinite” suspension from the post.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
news.band | Paul Ejime |Kalu Nwokoro Idika
59 Share Ahead of the 29 January 2025 deadline for their self-imposed exit from ECOWAS, the junta leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, have become jittery, deploying every trick, including disinformation, misinformation and blackmail to deflect blame for the inevitable consequences and uncertainty of their military adventure. ECOWAS leaders at their last Abuja summit in December 2024 warned the three countries that having served notice of their...
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is 50 this year.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
realnewsmagazine.net | Paul Ejime
Prince Yormie Johnson: Liberian Warlord with Many Lives Finally Goes Home
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Opinion By Paul EjimeWHEN the news filtered in on Saturday, November 28th, 2024, that Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberia’s professed “President,” “Field Marshal,” “General,” and warlord-turned-politician, had died at the age of 72, many took it for a fluke based on similar reports in the past, including in Nigeria, where he spent some time during his country’s civil war.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
realnewsmagazine.net | Paul Ejime
Prince Yormie Johnson: Liberian warlord with many lives finally goes home
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Opinion By Paul EjimeWHEN the news filtered in on Saturday, November 28th, 2024, that Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberia’s professed “President,” “Field Marshal,” “General,” and warlord-turned-politician, had died at the age of 72, many took it for a fluke based on similar reports in the past, including in Nigeria, where he spent some time during his country’s civil war.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
realnewsmagazine.net | Paul Ejime
CSOs, stakeholders urge ECOWAS’ intervention for peaceful elections in Ghana
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Africa By Paul EjimeCIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) and other major stakeholders have called for the intervention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ensure peaceful General Elections in Ghana on 7 December 2024.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
thepoint.gm | Paul Ejime
Nigeria, the regional powerhouse had to put its military assets including Air Force fighter jets and a Naval ship at the disposal of the region, while Senegalese foot soldiers marched on their way to Banjul, the Gambian capital before the military Captain-turned-Colonel Jammeh was forced into exile in Equatorial Guinea in January 2017 after he had refused to concede defeat to President-elect Adama Barrow after the December 2016 election.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
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Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Eight years after ECOWAS led the international community by deploying enormous human and material resources to free the Gambia and its citizens from the asphyxiating hold of a ruthless dictator, Yahya Jammeh, the country risks drifting into another avoidable instability if urgent measures are not taken.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
realnewsmagazine.net | Paul Ejime
Ghana EC Promises Transparent Elections as ECOWAS Provides Financial Support
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Africa By Paul EjimeAhead of Ghana’s 7 December Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has reiterated its commitment to deliver an inclusive, free, fair and transparent electoral process, while ECOWAS, the regional economic bloc made good its financial support to several institutions in the country.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
realnewsmagazine.net | Paul Ejime
Political parties to sign peace pact before Ghana December 7 elections
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Africa By Paul EjimeGHANA’S National Peace Council (NPC) has assured ECOWAS that political parties and other key stakeholders participating in the electoral process ahead of the country’s 7 December 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections will sign a peace accord facilitated by the Council before the poll.
