Tens of thousands of people rallied in Niamey Saturday in support of last month’s coup, a day after the country’s new military rulers gave France’s ambassador to Niger 48 hours to leave the country. The Seyni Kountche stadium, the largest in Niger with a capacity of 30,000 seats, was two-thirds full and the sound of […]
Sixty Ghanaian students have been selected for the European Union’s (EU) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree (EMJMD) to pursue higher education in some top universities across Europe. This year’s number of beneficiaries of the EMJMD, the highest since its inception, is an increase of over the 45 who participated in the programme last year. The […]
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month, his spokesperson said Saturday. The two leaders will likely discuss the situation in Niger after a military coup overthrew the country’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26. Tinubu, […]
Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission has declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner of Wednesday’s general election. The main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, is disputing the results. Those are members of the ruling ZANU-PF party early Sunday saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa is as sweet as honey. The praise follows the announcement by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Sunday for the African Union to be made a G20 member, while also pitching his country as the solution to supply chain woes ahead of the bloc’s summit in New Delhi next month. The Group of 20 major economies consists of 19 countries and the European Union (EU), making […]
Libya’s prime minister suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Sunday and referred her for investigation after Israel said its Foreign Minister Eli Cohen had met her last week despite the countries not having formal relations. Israel’s statement on the meeting, in which it said the ministers had discussed possible cooperation, prompted small protests in Libya, […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he will seek tougher corruption measures against those prosecuted for grafting during wartime. “I have set a task for the legislation and the Ukrainian legislators will be offered my proposals to equate corruption with high treason in wartime,” Zelenskyy said on his channel on the messaging app Telegram. “I […]
The United Republic of Tanzania has opened its new consulate in Ghana, having received the Exequatur of the President of Ghana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. The new consulate will be located in Accra, the capital of Ghana. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the opening […]
Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial. Afterwards, he […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule. Speaking to Al Jazeera earlier this week, the bloc’s commissioner for peace and security said it was ‘unacceptable.’ The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in […]
