Africa
The Niger military junta that seized power last week and ousted democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum said on Monday the toppled government had authorised France to carry out strikes at the presidency to try to free Bazoum. The military junta, which has confined Bazoum to the presidential palace since Wednesday, has previously warned against foreign attempts to extract him, ...
The general who led a coup in Niger defended the takeover on state television Friday and asked for support from the nation and international partners, as concerns grew that the ...
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has issued a defiant message on Twitter after soldiers announced a coup overnight in the West African nation. Trouble began early on Wednesday when ...
The government of Senegal has expressed gratitude to the Kingdom of Morocco for its cooperation in the repatriation and the medical treatment of around 50 irregular Senegalese migrants. ...
Presidential guards in Niger have seized President Mohamed Bazoum and blockaded his residence, as well as key ministries, reports say. Despite fears a coup attempt is underway in ...
At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in an attack by a gang of armed men in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state, the head of a vigilante ...
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit as she convened a summit of some ...
Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged ...
Two prominent figures from Egypt’s human rights community were released from prison Thursday, according to their families and a rights defender. The releases of Patrick George Zaki, an activist and postgraduate student in Italy, and Mohamed el-Baker, a human rights lawyer, come a day after the pair were pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi ...
The decision by the State of Israel to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over its Sahara constitutes a new victory for the Kingdom, say Senegalese media, underlining that the said ...
