TRIPOLI (AA) – Libya’s central bank on Sunday announced its reunification after being split into two for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war. The bank in a statement said it has become a “unified sovereign institution” after a meeting in the capital Tripoli between central bank governor Saddek El Kaber and [...
KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Niger’s military coup gathered in the capital Niamey on Sunday in support of its leaders. Jubilation filled the air at the 30,000-seat General Seyni Kountche Stadium as members of the ruling National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP) arrived. Slogans hostile to France an...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Niger’s new military ruler said Saturday a transition of power would not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country would not be easy for those involved. “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power &...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon. Douma, now 37, was a leading activist in the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak. He was arrested in t...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met Saturday with the ousted President of Niger Mohammed Bazoum in a new diplomatic push to tackle the crisis. Former Nigerian head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar, said the delegation held talks with Bazoum in the Nigerien capital of Niamey...
DAKAR (AA) – A volunteer militia force comprising civilians is being organized in Niger in response to a potential military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) following a coup late last month, according to media reports. Recruitment for a civilian militia force called the Volunteers for the Defense of ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in Sudan is about to complete five months and there are no signs of ending. There has been no cease-fire nor the opening of a humanitarian corridor. Witnesses, medical sources, human rights activists and aid workers have reported […]
Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso has threatened to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) if the bloc intervenes militarily in Niger. “We expect aggression. In any case, our head of state said: We are ready for aggression, (and) we support Niger. Burkina Faso is even ready to withdraw from ECOWAS because […]
ANKARA (AA) – Morocco has not applied to join BRICS and will not attend its forthcoming summit in Johannesburg, state news agency MAP has stated. Quoting an unnamed source at the Foreign Ministry, the agency said there “has never been any question of responding positively to the invitation” or of “taking part in this meeting ...
Accra, Ghana – AFP West African military chiefs said on Friday they were ready for an armed intervention in Niger after a coup ousted President Mohamed Bazoum last month, but a diplomatic mission was possible over the weekend to keep talks open. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to activate a […]
