United Nations, United States (AFP): The United Nations insisted Friday it is still providing humanitarian assistance on the ground in Niger but was forced to suspend aid flights after the coup closed borders. A UN spokesperson had said on Thursday that this week’s putsch in troubled Sahel country had put humanitarian operations on hold....
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations on Friday pleaded with countries not to forcibly return refugees from Burkina Faso due to the deteriorating security situation in the troubled west African nation. The UN refugee agency UNHCR said the humanitarian picture inside the country was particularly grim for people living in towns blockaded...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Senegal’s opposition leader and presidential hopeful in next year’s elections, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested on Friday, his lawyer said. Sonko was arrested by the gendarmerie from his home in the capital Dakar, according to one of his lawyers, Juan Branco. He was “picked from his home by elements of the gendarmerie and [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The US Treasury Department has designated Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the leader of the ISIS group based in Somalia, as a “global terrorist”. According to the US, Yusuf has played a key role in the delivery of foreign fighters, supplies, and ammunition on behalf of the group, which serves as a hub for […...
United Nations, United States (AFP): UN humanitarian operations have been suspended in Niger due to a coup in the troubled Sahel country, a spokesman said Thursday. The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Niger rose precipitously from 1.9 million in 2017 to 4.3 million in 2023, according to the UN Office for […]
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Troops who say they have seized power in Niger accused France on Thursday of landing a military plane in defiance of their orders to close the country’s borders. “The French partner bypassed (the decision) on closing land and air borders in order to land an A401-type military aircraft at Niamey international ai...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of Niger’s presidential guard, appeared on national television on Friday and declared himself the new leader of the country after a coup. Tchiani said the coup was staged due to the “deteriorating security situation” in the West African country. His statement came a day after Gen. Abdo...
ISTANBUL (AA): Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his country will provide free grain to six African countries in the next three to four months. “We will be ready in the coming months, in the next three to four months, to provide Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea with […]
Zarat, Tunisia (AFP): From Tunisia to Morocco, sun-baked North Africa has embarked on a building spree of plants that purify sea and wastewater as climate change intensifies droughts in the water-scarce region. Across the Maghreb region which is plagued by scorching summer heat, countries are banking on new desalination plants and facilities t...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has defiantly vowed to protect “hard-won” democratic gains after he was detained by elite troops who declared they had taken power in the troubled West African nation. Bazoum had been confined in Niamey by members of his presidential guard, who hours later announced that &...
