Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime risk triggering “catastrophic” humanitarian effects. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said it had revised contingency planning for Niger since a military coup on July 26 toppled Preside...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first-ever public meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya was coordinated at the highest level, Israeli officials have claimed. The meeting took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he had met with his Libyan counter...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s policy on Niger is based on the courage of its envoy, who remains in the field despite pressure, the French president has said. Speaking with ambassadors in a meeting at Elysee Palace, Emmanuel Macron again rejected the military administration in Niger and expressed support for his ousted Nigerien counterpart...
ANKARA (AA) – Niger’s military administration has cut off electricity to the French Embassy in the capital Niamey, multiple reports on social media said Sunday. The country’s leadership has also taken similar action at the French consulate in Zinder, the reports said. The president of the National Support Committee for the National Counc...
TRIPOLI/ ANKARA (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh suspended Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Sunday after she secretly met in Rome with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. “It was decided to suspend Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and to launch an investigation against her,” said a decree publish...
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived Sunday in the coastal city of Port Sudan, an official statement said, as the country reels from over four months of war with paramilitaries. Armed forces have been fending off an unceasing offensive on the headquarters by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan has condemned comments made by US Ambassador John Godfrey in which he said neither side in the current conflict “is fit to govern.” On Friday, Godfrey called on the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group to end their conflict and transfer power to civilians. “The belligerents, […...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 23 Boko Haram members were killed Saturday in operations against the group in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, director of defense media operations, said in a statement that the army continues operations against the group in Borno. Buba said 23 terrorists were killed but many [&he...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) — Somalia on Saturday said its army had “foiled” an attack by the al-Shabaab group in the central state of Galmudug. The attack by the al Qaeda-affiliated group began with a suicide bombing, followed by heavy fighting as the insurgents sought to recapture Osweine, a village in the Galgadud region that Somali [&...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Niger’s military administration ordered only the French ambassador to leave the country, not the German, US, or Nigerian envoys. In a statement late Friday, it dismissed widely circulated reports indicating that the German, US and Nigerian envoys had been effectively expelled, specifying that “only the French ambassador i...
