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Niger scraps jail sentence for head of group supporting military
Aug 14, 2023 (AFP)
Members of Niger's presidential guard seized power in a coup late last month. Seydou, head of the M62 group, had been behind bars for seven months in a case inv...
Air strike kills at least 26 in Ethiopia's Amhara
Aug 14, 2023 (AFP)
The strike in Finote Selam on Sunday was the most severe since clashes between members of the Ethiopian army and a local militia known as Fano erupted in towns ...
Six Malian soldiers killed in attack: army
Aug 13, 2023 (AFP)
An earlier army statement on the incident had said one soldier was killed and four wounded in the attack in Ber on Friday. The death toll has risen to six, it s...
Tuareg ex-rebels say forces attacked by Mali army, Wagner
Aug 12, 2023 (AFP)
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) said in a Facebook post that their forces "repulsed a complex attack by the Fama (Malian army) and Wagner" in the tow...
West African countries suspend key military meeting on Niger coup
Aug 11, 2023 (AFP)
Fears also mounted for elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his guard on July 26, with reports saying his detention conditions were de...
S.Africa should tackle 'environmental racism': UN expert
Aug 11, 2023 (AFP)
Marcos Orellana, the UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, also expressed shock that children had died because of poor controls on pesticides, and c...
W.Africa bloc says to deploy 'standby force' against Niger coup leaders
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
The bloc's Commission President Omar Touray said after an emergency summit in Nigeria that members had decided "to order the deployment of the ECOWAS standby fo...
Protests against insecurity in Mali turn violent
Aug 09, 2023 (AFP)
The demonstrations had gone off peacefully and people were returning home when a group attacked police, a government source told AFP on the condition of anonymi...
Top U.S. official holds 'frank, difficult' talks with coup leadership in Niger
Aug 08, 2023 (UPI)
Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told reporters via teleconference from Niamey that she met Monday with Brig. Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou, a leade...
UAE sends military vehicles to Chad
Aug 06, 2023 (AFP)
Chad is a neighbour of Niger, where a coup late last month toppled one of the last pro-Western leaders in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region. The UAE's official ...
Niger coup weakens fight against terror in Africa: France
Aug 05, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking in an interview with AFP, French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu praised the "strong" actions of regional West African group ECOWAS, which has ...
Pressure mounts on Niger coup leaders as deadline nears
Aug 05, 2023 (AFP)
Former colonial power France, with which the junta broke military ties shortly after taking power on July 26, said it would "firmly" back whatever course of act...
Opposition mounts in Nigeria over possible Niger intervention
Aug 05, 2023 (AFP)
As Africa's most populous country and its biggest economy, Nigeria would play a leading role in any intervention threatened by the ECOWAS regional bloc, which N...
CORRECTED: Macron suffers new Africa setback with Niger coup
Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)
The coup against Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum is the third such putsch in the region in as many years, following similar actions in Mali and Burkina Faso in...
Macron suffers new Africa setback with Niger coup
Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)
The coup against Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum is the third such putsch in the region in as many years, following similar actions in Mali and Burkina Faso in...
US not evacuating citizens from Niger for now
Aug 01, 2023 (AFP)
Washington is "certainly aware of efforts by France and other European nations to evacuate their citizens. At the same time, we don't have any indications of di...
Gunfire heard in centre of Burkina capital Ouagadougou
Aug 01, 2023 (AFP)
The shots were heard from around 12:45 am (0045 GMT) in the heart of the city before ceasing about 40 minutes later. "It's an unfortunate incident limited to th...
Niger putschists say threat of 'imminent military intervention' by ECOWAS
Jul 30, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking ahead of an ECOWAS crisis summit on Niger on Sunday, the junta said: "The aim of this meeting is to approve a plan of aggression against Niger, in the ...
Mali army says one soldier dead in attack
Jul 29, 2023 (AFP)
"According to a security source, the (armed forces) carried out airstrikes on several terrorist nests in the area", on Friday, the governorate of the town of Na...
Rockets hit Khartoum, air force base attacked
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
Residents reported "heavy artillery shelling" and fighter jets overhead the northwest of the city, while drones belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forc...
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