NIGER REPUBLIC REOPENS AIRSPACE AFTER MILITARY COUP
Following a military coup in July, Niger closed its airspace for nearly a month before reopening it on Monday, according to the official Nigerien news...
UPDATE: GABON COUP LEADER, BRICE NGUEMA SWORN IN AS INTERIM PRESIDENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Taking the oath of office as temporary president on Monday, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who overthrew Gabon's 55-year-old dynasty last week...
UPDATE: ZELENSKY REPLACES UKRAINE’S DEFENCE MINISTER REZNIKOV
Agency Report Oleksiy Reznikov, Kyiv's defence minister, will be replaced, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Sunday, calling for "new approaches" in the ministry a...
WORLD: UGANDA FOILS BOMB ATTACK ON CHURCH – POLICE
Agency Report A bomb attack on a cathedral in Kampala was thwarted, according to Ugandan police, who also captured a man suspected of intending to...
WORLD NEWS: AIR STRIKE IN KHARTOUM KILLS 20 CIVILIANS – ACTIVISTS
Agency Report Following an air strike in the city's south that, according to Sudanese activists, killed at least 20 civilians, including two children, Khartoum residents...
PRESIDENT TINUBU BREAKS SILENCE ON GABON COUP, EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER RULE OF LAW IN AFRICA
The political climate and sociopolitical stability in Gabon have drawn the significant concern of President Bola Tinubu. After appearing on television on Wednesday and declaring...
JUST IN: GABONESE PRESIDENT BONGO SPEAKS FROM CAPTIVITY (VIDEO)
The Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has spoken after he was detained for "treason" and placed under house arrest, by military officials. [video width="848" height="480"...
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...