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France on Friday rejected a move by Niger’s junta to scrap bilateral military pacts, saying only the west African country’s “legitimate” leadership was entitled to do so. Meanwhile a regional Ecowas delegation quit the country after failing to secure …
Delegation from Ecowas leaves early, having failed to meet detained president or coup leaderA west African diplomatic mission to Niger to seek the release and reinstatement of the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, after a coup has failed, raising th…
Minister calls for calm after attack by suspected supporters of country’s ruling Zanu-PF partyA Zimbabwean man has died after he and other opposition party supporters were ambushed by suspected supporters of the country’s ruling party on their way to …
The West African economic bloc Ecowas has given the leaders of a coup in Niger until Sunday to restore order. But for now, the elected president remains in detention in his palace and a military council is still in charge.
Niger’s junta has revoked a draft of military cooperation agreements with France – a move that could drastically reshape a fight against Islamist insurgents in the region – as ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has warned of the coup’ d’état’s “devastati…
West African country is enduring hard times – and critics say plan to import liquefied natural gas will only make things worseJohn Gakpo has milled corn to make kenkey – a cornmeal dumpling and Ghana’s staple food – in a dimly lit wooden shack in a sub…
Coup leaders and Russia are attempting to frame takeover as anti-neocolonialism after misjudging reaction from EcowasIn the square in central Niamey on Thursday, the anniversary of Niger’s independence from France, the mainly young men who gathered to …
Niger’s coup leaders on Thursday said they were scrapping military pacts made between Niamey and France. They also announced they were ending the mandates of ambassadors to four countries as they face international pressure to restore the democratical…
Opponents of Eritrean government tore down tents and set cars on fire, with ‘around 100’ people arrestedMore than 50 people have been injured and dozens detained in Stockholm after opponents of the Eritrean government stormed an event in the Swedish ca…
Paris: Following the military coup in Niger, the French Government evacuated over 990 of its citizens including Indian nationals over the past two days.Taking to Twitter, the French ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain said that the French government had around 992 people, out of which 560 are its citizens while the rest of them includes nationals from many other countries, including Indian