DAKAR, Senegal – Two people have been killed in protests against the arrest of an opposition leader in Senegal. The Senegalese government has announced blocking access to cell phones and the Internet following the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. The government also dissolved Sonko’s party, the Patriots of Senegal (PASTEF...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): France has received authorization from certain Nigerien authorities to intervene militarily to free Niger’s president, who was detained last week as part of a putsch led by his presidential guard, the junta said in a statement issued Monday. “In keeping with its policy of seeking ways and means to intervene militar...
GENEVA (AA): The EU has vowed to support any measures adopted by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the recent coup in Niger. The bloc “will support them (measures) rapidly and resolutely,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement. The EU joins the strong condemnation expressed by the he...
KHARTOUM (AA): Sudan has extended the closure of the country’s airspace until August 15 amid ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The Civil Aviation Authority said Sudan’s airspace will remain closed to all flights until August 15, according to the official Sudan News Agency. Only humanitarian...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): A Senegalese court in the capital Dakar on Monday ordered the detention of opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko, his lawyer said. Judge Maham Diallo issued a “warrant of committal” against Sonko after hearing charges leveled against him, Khoureychi Ba told reporters. Sonko was charged with multiple coun...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Rival Palestinian political leaders meeting in Egypt decided on Sunday to form a committee on intra-Palestinian reconciliation. President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met for rare face-to-face talks in the coastal city of El Alamein along with representatives of most Palestinian political factions. The lates...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Chad’s transition President Mahamat Idriss Deby held talks on Monday with Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, the commander of Niger’s presidential guard who declared himself the head of a transitional government after last week’s military coup. Deby also met with Niger’s deposed President Bazoum Mohamed and former head of state Is...
WASHINGTON – A group of 11 U.S. senators and 23 human rights groups have called on the Biden administration to withhold military aid to Egypt. They said the $320 million in military aid must be suspended because of Egypt’s poor human rights record. The senators and human rights groups argue that Egypt has failed to […]
Paris, France (AFP): France on Sunday warned it would retaliate if its citizens were attacked in Niger, after protesters tried to enter its embassy in the capital, Niamey. “Should anyone attack French nationals, the army, diplomats and French interests, they will see France respond in an immediate and intractable manner,” the Frenc...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West. In the third coup in as many […]
