Niger coup: US offers ‘unflagging’ support to ousted leader as sanctions threatened
UN, US and France all call for a return to order after Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new head of state The United States...
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El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up
Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal group Nayib Bukele’s...
Egypt calls on Vladimir Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tells summit it is ‘essential’ to revive deal, as Kenya calls Moscow exit ‘a stab in the back’ Explainer: What was the...
Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition
Data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people More than 1.3 million Brazilians who identify as descendants of...
‘Our biggest challenge is simply to exist’: atheist society fights for legal recognition in God-fearing Kenya
Non-believers say their civil liberties are at stake in a court battle against a bishop who wants to strip them of legal recognition Kenya’s first...
Putin promises free grain to six African nations after collapse of Black Sea deal
President says Russia will replace blocked Ukrainian exports after it abandoned pact on passage of ships Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has...
Army backs coup as Niger president vows to protect democratic gains
Reports Mohamed Bazoum being held by plotters, who earlier announced suspension of all state institutions Niger’s military leadership has thrown its weight behind a coup...
China building overseas naval bases across Asia and Africa, say analysts
Beijing’s move intended to rival US’s global maritime power and defeat western sanctions, report concludes China’s military may be planning to build a host of...
Ecuador declares prison emergency as inmates killed and 100 guards taken hostage
President Lasso imposes 60-day order and authorizes armed forces to retake control of country’s violence-plagued prisons Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a 60-day state...
Ghana abolishes death penalty, with expected reprieve for 176 condemned prisoners
Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treason Ghana has become the 29th country in Africa...
