Thousands rallied Saturday, in Niamey to demand that France withdraw its troops from Niger, as sought by the junta that seized power late June. The protesters gathered near a base housing French soldiers following a call by several civic organizations’ hostile to French military presence in the West African country. “We are here to express […]
Niger’s military regime fired a new verbal broadside at France on Friday, accusing Paris of “blatant interference” by backing the country’s ousted president as protestors rallied near a French base outside the capital Niamey. President Mohamed Bazoum, a French ally whose election in 2021 had stoked hopes of stability in the troubled country, was detained […]
An independent inquiry has found no evidence that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. The panel rejected claims made by the US ambassador to South Africa that a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and arms in Cape Town last December. The allegations had raised questions over the country’s professed […]
US President Joe Biden has said he is “disappointed” that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plans to skip the upcoming G20 summit in India. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the summit in New Delhi this week, Reuters reported. “I am disappointed… but I am going to get to see him,” […]
The African Union announced Thursday the suspension with immediate effect of Gabon, where soldiers overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday. The continental organization “strongly condemns the takeover of power by the military in the Republic of Gabon”, announced the AU in a press release published on X (formerly Twitter). The organization’s Peace and Security […]
Total trade transactions between Ghana and Switzerland reached a record of $3.6 billion in 2022, due to long standing mutually beneficial relations, Mrs Simone Giger, Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, said on Thursday. Out of the figure, about $3.4 billion was through exports from Ghana to Switzerland, with 50.5 per cent of all Ghana’s exports to […]
The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that he has reached out to Russia with “concrete proposals” to renew the collapsed grain deal Moscow pulled out of in July and then followed with a series of attacks on Ukraine’s ports and grain infrastructure. “The proposal is relating to the need to reestablish the Black Sea initiative,” Antonio […]
Donald Trump’s trial in Georgia over charges of election fraud will be livestreamed and televised, a judge has ruled. All the hearings will be available live on Fulton County Court’s YouTube channel, said Judge Scott McAfee. A date for the trial has not yet been set, but it could be next year when Mr Trump […]
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighboring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on Niger after troops ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a coup on July 26 and […]
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that at the moment the European Union has no plans to evacuate citizens from Gabon. “In Gabon, at the moment, there are [no evacuation plans]. The situation is calm. We don’t see any risk of violence, or a situation that could [be] danger[ous]. There are about 10,000 […]
