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Niger leader says France wants to 'destabilise' country

Aug 03, 2024 (AFP)

Since seizing power on July 26 last year, the new government led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, former head of the presidential guard, has reset its internatio...

Thousands celebrate Niger coup anniversary

Jul 27, 2024 (AFP)

Dressed in clothes bearing photos of regime members, the crowd chanted the name of junta chief Abdourahamane Tiani. "We're celebrating, our dear country will gr...

HRW calls for probe into 'gruesome' Burkina mutilation

Jul 27, 2024 (AFP)

"Burkinabe authorities should immediately open a transparent and impartial investigation of this brutal incident and appropriately punish all those responsible,...

Nigeria's army, security agency warn against Kenya-style protests

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

Kenya was rocked by deadly protests that forced the government to repeal new taxes. Nigeria's economic reforms have seen a 40 percent spike in food inflation bu...

Niger on 'inexorable march to sovereignty', says coup leader

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

Abdourahamane Tiani took power on July 26, 2023 after overthrowing elected president Mohamed Bazoum. "Our march towards full and complete sovereignty is inexora...

4 Burkina journalists have disappeared in a month: watchdog

Jul 25, 2024 (AFP)

Since coming to power in a coup d'etat in September 2022, Burkina Faso's military leaders have cracked down on press freedom and political dissent in the West A...

US says will complete troop pull-out from Niger early August

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

"The withdrawal is going well," General Kenneth Ekman, US commander for Africa, told reporters in Abidjan. "It is ahead of schedule and this is because of the e...

France and Djibouti renew defence partnership

Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)

According to a statement from the French presidency, they signed an agreement on "the ambitious reform of the Defence Cooperation Treaty which unites France and...

U.S. invites Sudan's warring sides to cease-fire talks; RSF agrees to participate

Jul 24, 2024 (UPI)

The northeast African nation has been subsumed by war for the last 15 months that has internally displaced some 10 million people and thrust a looming famine ov...

Kagame's landslide Rwanda vote victory confirmed: final results

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

Kagame won 99.18 percent of the total ballots cast, giving him another five years in power, the National Electoral Commission said in a statement late Monday. D...

How China's tech cooperation with Africa makes a difference

Jul 23, 2024 (XNA)

However, for the continent to be able to compete in the world market and create employment opportunities for the over 20 million Africans joining the workforce ...

Niger says at least 15 soldiers killed near Burkina border

Jul 23, 2024 (AFP)

"On Monday July 22, a unit of the defence and security forces exchanged fire with armed terrorist groups along the Bankilare-Tera route near the village of Fone...

Uganda 'hosting peace talks' between DRC warring sidesq

Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)

While the negotiations were confirmed by a source within M23, Kinshasa said no-one had been mandated by the government to hold any discussions with "terrorist" ...

Five things to know about Turkey's interests in Africa

Jul 21, 2024 (AFP)

Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. He...

Turkish delegation visits Niger to boost military ties

Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)

Niger has been run by a military regime since the July 2023 coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held as a prisoner ever since. The junta, led by ...

Burkina MSF office targeted in 'armed attack': statement

Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)

Djibo is close to the so-called three-border zone between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali where jihadist groups are active. The town has been under siege for almos...

Germany says not possible to continue military cooperation with Niger

Jul 16, 2024 (AFP)

Germany already announced on July 6 that it will end operations at its airbase in Niger and pull out its remaining three-dozen troops by August 31. "It was not ...

Rwanda: small nation with influence beyond its borders

Jul 14, 2024 (AFP)

De facto leader since the 1994 genocide and running for a fourth term as president in elections Monday, the iron-fisted Kagame has established a sphere of influ...

Mali junta re-authorises political activities suspended in April

Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)

"The government decided to lift the suspension that barred political parties and the activities of political associations," said a statement from the council of...

Parts of South Sudan 'on brink of famine': charity

Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)

Since it gained independence in 2011, the world's newest nation has remained plagued by instability and violence, despite rich oil reserves. South Sudan is expe...