The discussion on LGBT+ laws in Ghana is once again on the table after the latest statement made by John Dramani Mahama. Some people in society, especially those who feel like the government has stopped doing its duty, have been angered by the recent statement made. Renewed Debate Over Government Position Some Ghanaians express concern […]
Sudan’s recent decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group is a major change. This isn’t just a bunch of papers; it’s a direct attack on groups that use religion to gain political power, which makes things worse in a country that is already at war. This move brings attention to the Brotherhood’s […]
On Tuesday, August 15, the fourth month of what began as a power struggle in Sudan that threatened to turn the nation into a war began. A spokesman for the U.N. human rights office named Liz Throssell estimates that at least 4,000 people have died. Every day that the conflict lasts, lives are lost, there […]
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 are pogroms by hordes of young people stirred up by racial and ethnic hatred (…) That’s why it’s urgent to […]
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 country. Ethiopia’s Cabinet declared an emergency situation in Amhara earlier this month after local militia fighters known as Fano took […]
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 the Nature Journal. The conclusions are based on a reconstruction made from lake sediment that shows the variability of the […]
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 in West Africa. On Saturday, West Africa’s regional bloc said that it wanted to send a parliamentary committee to meet […]
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 compliance with one of the decisions issued by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has resulted in […]
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 the same period in 2022, from Tunisia and Libya. Since the beginning of the month until today, in just ten […]
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 restore his authority. They spoke with the Associated Press not long before the West African bloc ECOWAS said that it […]
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 the sub-Saharan region and in globe as well. “”The Ulama advised Mr. President that we want peace and reconciliation. “That’s why we […]
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 that are taking place this month. “If Harare fails to vote Zanu-PF, you will be lost,” the 80-year-old strongman declared […]
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 two civilians have been arrested and are currently being investigated for “subversion.” The police announced last week that they had […]
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 the Qatari news agency QNA. Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, Deputy Emir of the State of Qatar, received the […]
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 lawyers. After several days of searching, Mr. Branco was taken into custody on Friday evening in Mauritania. He had unlawfully […]
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 to office in Niger. Cheers and applause greeted the arrival of a delegation of members of the National Council for […]
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 Mohamed Bazoum, Niger’s democratically elected president, just before 3 August, the country’s National Day, when it marked 63 years since gaining nominal independence from […]
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 al-Shabaab. Hassan Tourabih Kintosa, a Ugandan national; Muhamed Jahad Farah; Saad Suleiman Saleh; Nadrik Mbwana Salum; Abdul Kadir Salum Seif; […]
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 Sahel since 2012. Niger is the fourth member of the group to undergo a putsch since 2020. Senegal said Thursday it […]
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 elections. Mnangagwa, who is 80 years old and running for a second term as president in the election that will […]