GABONESE PRESIDENT ALI BONGO ONDIMBA UNDER HOUSE ARREST – COUP LEADERS
A son of the president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was detained for "treason" and placed under house arrest, military officials announced on Wednesday, hours...
GABON COUP LEADERS PRAISE HEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL GUARD AFTER PUTSCH
Hundreds of troops held Brice Oligui Nguema, the commander of the presidential guard for Gabon, aloft on Wednesday, hours after rebel officers claimed to have...
ZIMBABWE’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY CALLS FOR FRESH POLLS AFTER REJECTING ‘ILLEGAL’ ELECTION
The main opposition in Zimbabwe demanded new elections on Tuesday after Emmerson Mnangagwa defeated their candidate for president in a contest they criticised as being...
JUDGE SETS MARCH 4 TO BEGIN TRUMP’S TRIAL
The trial for Donald Trump's election subversion conspiracy was given a date of March 4, 2024, by a federal judge on Monday. This was one...
13 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD IN TAJIKISTAN AFTER HEAVY DOWNPOUR
By Aishat Momoh. O. According to the presidency, the latest natural calamity to strike the mountainous nation of Central Asia, heavy rains in central Tajikistan,...
FRANCE’S AMBASSADOR TO NIGER REPUBLIC STILL IN COUP-HIT SAHEL COUNTRY DESPITE ULTIMATUM – MACRON
By Aishat Momoh. O. According to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Niger Republic's new army authorities gave the country's ambassador until Monday to depart the...
NIGER’S MILITARY JUNTA GIVES FRENCH AMBASSADOR 48HOURS ULTIMATUM TO EXIT COUNTRY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The French ambassador has been given 48 hours to leave Niger by the military authorities that took over Niamey on July...
7TH GEF: CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES $200 MILLION FUND TO SUPORT GLOBAL DIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
The contribution of $200 million from the Canadian government to the Global Diversity Framework Fund has been made public. The crucial contribution is to slow...
COUP D’ETAT: TINUBU SENDS ISLAMIC LEADERS TO NIGER REPUBLIC FOR SECOND DIALOGUE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The return of a delegation of Ulama, or Islamic leaders, to the Niger Republic for another round of negotiations with the...
UPDATE: SUSPECTED JIHADISTS KILL 12 NIGER REPUBLIC TROOPS
By Aishat Momoh. O. In the most recent incident since army officials took over last month, suspected armed Islamists reportedly killed 12 troops in Niger's...