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Niger junta rebuffs latest diplomatic mission as high-stakes summit looms
Niger's junta on Tuesday rejected the latest diplomatic mission from West African countries aimed at restoring constitutional order after a...
Read moreDetailsNiger students rally in support of coup leader
Around a hundred students have demonstrated in the Nigerien capital Niamey to support the military who took control of the...
Read moreDetailsFrance backs ECOWAS efforts to make Niger coup fail; Algeria opposes military intervention
France will support efforts by the West African regional grouping ECOWAS to make the military coup in Niger fail, the...
Read moreDetailsFrance suspends military cooperation with Niger until further notice
A spokesman for the French military on Wednesday said that any cooperation with Niger in the fields of development and...
Read moreDetailsNiger junta says it will not back down despite ‘inhumane’ sanctions
The self-declared new leader of Niger on Wednesday said the junta would not bow to pressure to reinstate ousted President...
Read moreDetailsFormer Côte d’Ivoire President Henri Konan Bédié dies at 89
Côte d'Ivoire's former president Henri Konan Bédié has died aged 89 in hospital in Abidjan, a member of his party's...
Read moreDetailsNiger junta says toppled government authorised French strikes
The Niger military junta that seized power last week said on Monday that the toppled government had authorised France to...
Read moreDetailsSenegalese opponent vows hunger strike as lawyers lambast arrest
Firebrand Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko said Sunday he had started a hunger strike from custody after being arrested this...
Read moreDetailsRussian president backs African peace plan on Ukraine
Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has backed the African peace initiative on Ukraine. Speaking at the close of the Russia-Africa Forum...
Read moreDetailsCentral African Republic holds referendum that could extend President Touadera’s rule
Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum on Sunday which, if passed, could allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to run for...
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