Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani, whom he tasked with overcoming the “colossal challenges” facing the cash-strapped North African country. No official explanation was given for Bo...
TORONTO (AA): Members of the radical violent group Boko Haram have killed 11 farmers in an armed attack in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, the local media reported. Boko Haram raided Kawuri village in the Konduga Local Government Area and shot dead people who were working in a field, and wounded several others. Thousands of […]
Niamey, Niger (AFP): France and Italy have begun to prepare to fly out their citizens and other Europeans from Niger, six days after a coup that toppled one of the last pro-Western leaders in the Sahel. President Mohamed Bazoum — a staunch ally of France and other Western countries — was overthrown on July 26 […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AA): The military coup in Niger on July 26 has put the spotlight on the country’s uranium reserves. The European Union has said that the military coup in major uranium producer Niger does not pose a problem for supplies of nuclear fuel for it. “There is no supply risk as such when it […]
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia on Tuesday said it evacuated personnel of its embassy in Sudan as clashes between army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group continue. “Due to high security risks in the context of ongoing clashes in Sudan, some employees of the Russian Embassy transferred from Khartoum, as well as Russian citizens and [&h...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Tuesday called for an immediate end to the expulsions of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from Tunisia to the borders with Libya and Algeria. In July, hundreds of people from sub-Saharan African countries were forced from the coastal city of Sfax by Tunisian security forces, and left stranded in a […]
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...
