Niger: thousands gather for rally to cheer generals who led coup
Supporters wave Niger and Russia flags as Ecowas deadline for military to cede power approaches Thousands of coup supporters in Niger gathered on Sunday for...
Month : August 2023
Two dead and 57 rescued after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa in Italy
Italian coastguard says it can confirm recovery of two bodies amid reports of more than 30 people missing Italy’s coastguard said on Sunday it had...
Will Ghana’s gas gamble perpetuate a cycle of fossil-fuel related debt?
West African country is enduring hard times – and critics say plan to import liquefied natural gas will only make things worse John Gakpo has...
Zimbabwe opposition supporter dies in ambush on way to election rally
Information ministry calls for calm after attack by suspected supporters of country’s ruling Zanu-PF party A Zimbabwean man has died after he and other opposition...
West African bloc prepares for military action as Niger coup deadline looms
Defence chiefs deliver ultimatum for Sunday after mediation fails to reinstate elected president West African defence chiefs have drawn up a plan for military action...
Kenya’s offer to send police to Haiti sparks human rights concerns
Groups say move could worsen country’s security crisis given police force’s poor human rights record An offer from Kenya to dispatch police officers to Haiti...
Diplomatic mission to Niger fails to secure release of ousted president
Delegation from Ecowas leaves early, having failed to meet detained president or coup leader A west African diplomatic mission to Niger to seek the release...
Ethiopia declares a state of emergency in Amhara amid increasing violence
Clashes between the army and a regional militia threaten public security and are causing ‘serious economic and humanitarian damage’, said officials Ethiopia’s council of ministers...
Ken Elliott: kidnapped Australian surgeon says he had scurvy and was close to death during seven years in Africa
The missionary, who was taken by an al-Qaida-linked group in Burkina Faso in 2016, tells how God and meditating on scripture sustained him Follow our...
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers told Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe...
