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 […]
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this week, as his lawyers condemned his arrest. Senegal’s public prosecutor on Saturday announced seven new charges against the politician — a vocal critic of President Macky Sa...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has expressed hope for a return to normality and reopening of borders with North African neighbour Algeria, which cut diplomatic ties nearly two years ago. “We pray to the Almighty for a return to normality and a reopening of the borders between our two neighbouring countries and our...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA): Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore accused African leaders of “beggary” at the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Traore, 35, who came to power in a coup and became the world’s youngest leader, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for deciding to send free grain to African countries bu...
GENEVA (AA): For the first time in 20 years, a global decrease in the number of human trafficking victims was seen due to COVID-19 restrictions, according to a report from UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “Pandemic-related restrictions on movement and business operations may have at least temporarily reduced some forms of traffickin...
