WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the investigation led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The indictment relates to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump, who is now a leading Republican [&he...
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...
ANKARA (AA): India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing petitions challenging the Indian government’s 2019 decision scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. A constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud began hearing arguments in the case nearly four years after the decision was ...
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 […]
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...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s parliament on Monday passed a bill which allows a role for the powerful army in the “country’s development,” state media reported. The bill to amend the Pakistan Army Act 1952 was passed by the lower house, or the National Assembly, a week after it got a nod from the Senate. Senators [...
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...
