Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Four months into Sudan’s conflict, the situation is spiralling out of control, with mass displacement and millions on the verge of famine, humanitarian organisations have warned, urging immediate international action. Since Sudan’s conflict erupted on April 15, the country has been plunged into a dir...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that it is dismayed by reports that Niger’s military administration plans to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason.” “We are incredibly dismayed by reports that President Bazoum’s unjust detention has gone even a step further,” State Department deputy spokesm...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), the umbrella body for workers in the country, has threatened to start an indefinite nationwide strike if there is a further increase in the pump price of petrol. Speaking at a meeting of the African Trade Union Alliance in the capital Abuja, NLC President Joe Ajaero […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The military administration in Niger that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum has recalled the country’s ambassador in Ivory Coast, its spokesperson said. The decision followed recent remarks by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara that indicated his “eagerness” to send troops to Niger for military intervention, Col. Am...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Germany’s Development Minister expressed grave concern Tuesday about the recent military intervention in Niger and said it poses a significant setback for developmental progress in the Sahel region. The intervention is “a setback that aggravates the complex development challenges in the country and in th...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet in Ghana to discuss a possible military intervention in Niger, an official said. Amos Lungu, a spokesperson for the 15-nation Western African bloc, told Anadolu that the meeting would be held in Accra on Thursday and Friday. Ge...
Niamey, Niger – AFP A Niamey court on Monday scrapped a nine-month jail sentence handed to Abdoulaye Seydou, head of a leading activist group which supports the ruling military, his entourage said. Members of Niger’s presidential guard seized power in a coup late last month. Seydou, head of the M62 group, had been behind bars [&hel...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algeria has said that Denmark’s foreign minister apologized for a recent string of hate crimes directed against the Quran by far-right extremists in front of the diplomatic missions of several Muslim nations, including Algeria’s. During a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf, Lars Lokke Rasmusse...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Niger’s coup leaders said late Sunday they denounced the “illegal, inhumane and humiliating sanctions” imposed by a West African regional bloc, in a statement broadcast on national television. The military regime said the people of Niger “have been hard hit by the illegal, inhumane and humiliat...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said Sunday that it had accelerated its withdrawal from a base in the country’s north due to tensions between the government and former Tuareg rebels. “MINUSMA has expedited its withdrawal from (the northern area of) #Ber due to the deteriorating s...
