Protests are a clear sign of growing anti-French sentiment in Niger and challenges it poses for military government NIAMEY, Niger – Thousands of protesters in Niger’s capital Niamey have demanded the withdrawal of French troops from the country. The protests came after the military government expelled the French ambassador from the...
Eritrean asylum seekers have witnessed confrontations between regime opponents and supporters in the past TEL AVIV, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called African migrants, especially from Eritrea, a “real threat” to Israel’s identity as a Jewish state. The statement followed violent clashes in Tel Av...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Kenya’s President William Ruto opened the first Africa climate summit on Monday, in a continent that has been the most affected by climate change despite contributing the least to its causes. Hundreds of delegates from around the world have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, to discuss the effects of climate chan...
Wad Madani, Sudan – AFP At least 20 civilians including two children were killed in Khartoum on Sunday, according to Sudanese activists. “The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s resistance committe...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to withdraw its troops, as sought by the junta which seized power in July. “Down with France! France get out,” the demonstrators chanted, repeating slogans heard at various rallies in Niamey s...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP Senegal on Friday temporarily brought back into service a long-closed railway line to take worshippers to an annual religious festival. Three trains, each capable of carrying 240 passengers, have been deployed on a 130-kilometre line between Thies and the holy town of Touba in central Senegal, the GTS railway company...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Niger’s military regime strongly condemned France on Friday for “blatant interference” by backing the country’s ousted president as protestors rallied near a French base outside the capital Niamey. President Mohamed Bazoum, a French ally whose election in 2021 had created hopes of stability in ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Nearly 1 million children in Mali face acute malnutrition by the end of the year without life-saving humanitarian aid as 200,000 face the dire prospect of death by starvation, the UN has warned. About one in four people in Mali are suffering from moderate or acute food insecurity, the UN said following […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities opened an investigation into the killing of two of its nationals in Algerian territorial waters, media reports said Friday. Citing a judicial official, Morocco’s official MAP news agency reported that prosecutors in Oujda, a city bordering Algeria, opened an investigation into killings tha...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Niger braced Friday for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the country’s new military rulers and its traditional ally. A coalition of civil society groups opposed to the presence of French forces in Niger has called a three-day sit-in, starting Friday. The protest, organised by th...
