Following elections in which the party that had ruled the diamond-rich nation for almost 60years suffered a historic setback. Botswana's new president took office on Friday in asmooth handover of power.Three days after the Botswana…
Niger: Bazoum’s head of diplomacy speaks of “pogroms”…
Niger's Foreign Minister, Mohamed Bazoum, the president overthrown by a coup d'état in Niger, reported "pogroms" in the capital Niamey on Monday, without however specifying against whom they were directed. "Currently in Niamey (...) there…
Ethiopia: mass arrests and unrest amidst ethnic strife
According to reports from lawyers and witnesses, the Ethiopian government is reportedly conducting mass arrests in the country's capital city as a response to the violent violence that occurred in the Amhara area of the…
A rise in droughts due to global warming…
The Horn of Africa may be in danger of experiencing more severe droughts as a result of ongoing human-caused global warming. An unpleasant forecast is presented in a detailed study that was recently published in…
West Africa bloc wants to engage with Niger…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa, searched diplomatic ways on Sunday to overturn last month's coup in Niger, a landlocked country…
At the Benin-Niger border, hundreds of trucks are…
Following the coup, authorities in Malanville, which is located on the border between Benin and Niger, have stopped more than one hundred trucks on their way to Niger. Benin blocked its border with Niger in…
“Saving lives” is the coastguard’s “priority” in Tunisia
Tunisia has become a hub for illegal immigration to Europe. According to Italian statistics, almost 94,000 migrants have arrived on Italian shores since the beginning of the year, more than double the figure recorded for…
Crisis in Niger: Threats, Interventions, and Power Struggles
Two Western sources who spoke with The Associated Press claim that the Nigerian junta informed a senior US diplomat that it would assassinate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring nations attempted a military intervention to…
Niger Coup: Nigerian Islamic scholars meet Tinubu and…
Bazoum is still held in detention by the military high command in Niger. President on the issue of Niger Republic. We want to find a lasting solution, we want peace and harmony to reign, not only in Nigeria, but in…
Zimbabwean President Appeals for Re-Election Amidst Tensions and…
On Wednesday, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa told more than 150,000 of his fans in the nation's capital city of Harare that they would be "lost" if they did not re-elect him in the tense elections…
Sierra Leone Cracks Down on Subversion Plot, Arrests…
According to the inspector general, who made the announcement on Tuesday, a manhunt is currently underway for a total of eight individuals, while fourteen Sierra Leonean military personnel, three current and former police officials, and…
King Mohammed VI sends a written message to…
King Mohammed VI has sent a written message to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The message concerns ways of strengthening and developing bilateral relations between the two sisterly countries, reports…
French-Spanish lawyer arrested in Senegal was released under…
Juan Branco, a French-Spanish lawyer who was arrested in Dakar on Sunday in connection with recent unrest in Senegal, was freed on Monday under judicial monitoring before being deported, according to the authorities and his…
In Niamey, almost 30,000 pro-coup Niger demonstrators gather.
Thousands of supporters of the military coup in Niger gathered in a stadium in the city of Niamey on Sunday as the regional organization ECOWAS set a deadline for restoring the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum…
The crisis in Niger shows that the French…
This was the postcolonial scene in Niamey, the capital of Niger, this week, as hundreds of French nationals joined other EU citizens in scurrying away from the west African nation. Sections of the military had staged a coup against…
Kenya thwarts Al-Shabaab recruitment and travel plans
During their search for directions to the main Kenyan-Somali border, six other foreign nationals were detained in Garissa. According to the authorities, the six individuals planned to travel to Somalia and join the terrorist organization…
Supporters demonstrate in Niamey ‘no to ECOWAS’
A week after the toppling of elected President Mohamed Bazoum, European citizens have been evacuating from Niger, which has had a key role in French and Western strategies to combat a jihadist insurgency that has plagued the…
The president of Zimbabwe inaugurates a 600 MW…
The Chinese government funded a power plant that President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe inaugurated on Thursday. He stated that the station would go a long way toward reducing power shortages ahead of the upcoming national…
Niger’s military chief warns against foreign interference
Niger's new military ruler lashed out at neighbouring countries and the international community in a nationally televised speech Wednesday night, and he called on the population to be ready to defend the nation. In one of few…
