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African Union suspends Niger over coup, prepares sanctions; France denies report it asked Algeria to use airspace for a Niger operation
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following the military coup there and told its members...
Read moreDetailsECOWAS envoy to Niger says meeting with junta was ‘fruitful’
Nigeria's former military president, Abdulsalami Abubakar, who led a mission from West African regional bloc ECOWAS to Niger to negotiate...
Read moreDetailsSpeculation grows in Zimbabwe about a ‘Mnangagwa third term’ ahead vote for second one
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa is slated to pursue a second five-year term next week. According to the constitution, this term...
Read moreDetailsSenegal’s main opposition coalition loses one of its founding parties
Less than 6 months before the presidential election, Senegal's main opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi is on the rocks. The...
Read moreDetailsGhana opposition warn president on Niger troop plans
Ghanaian opposition lawmakers have raised alarms regarding the proposed Ecowas initiative to potentially employ military intervention in Niger, aimed at...
Read moreDetailsNigeria central bank to make moves impacting FX markets in days
Nigeria's central bank plans to take measures that will impact currency markets in a few days time, its acting governor...
Read moreDetailsEthiopian MPs approve state of emergency in Amhara region
Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence...
Read moreDetailsNiger junta says it will prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum for treason
The military junta that seized power in Niger in a coup last month has said it will prosecute ousted President...
Read moreDetailsOusmane Sonko, Senegal’s embattled opposition leader, has been hospitalized.
Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, on hunger strike, since shortly after his arrest last month, was admitted to a...
Read moreDetailsNew constitution in Central African Republic opens door for President Touadera’s third term
Voters in the perennially restive Central African Republic overwhelmingly approved a draft constitution that paves the way for Faustin Archange...
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