Sidon, Lebanon (AFP): At least six people were killed Sunday in clashes in south Lebanon’s restive Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, said Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah movement and a source at the camp. The fighting between Fatah and Islamists in the camp, which erupted overnight, killed a Fatah military leader a...
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...
WASHINGTON (AA): The military’s overthrow of the democratically-elected government in Niger has jeopardized continued US assistance for the West African nation, the White House has warned. “We remind those attempting this power grab by force that an overthrow of democratically-elected President (Mohamed) Bazoum would place the US&#...
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....
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...
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...
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 &...
