Junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali warned Monday that any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war against their two countries.The warning from Niger’s military-ruled neighbours came a day after West African leaders, supported by their Western partners, threatened to use “force” to reinstate the democratically …
Two people were killed Monday during protests in southern Senegal after the indictment and detention of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, a presidential candidate for the 2024 election, the interior ministry said.Sonko, President Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, prompting clashes between protesters and police.The leading opposition …
Niger’s new junta on Monday accused France of seeking to “intervene militarily” to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum, as tensions soared with the former colonial power and its neighbours.France hit back in the evening with Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna denying the charges and adding it was still “possible” to restore Bazoum to power.And in a …
Niger junta says France plotting to ‘intervene militarily’Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:08:30 GMT Read More »
Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, prompting clashes between protesters and police.Sonko, a presidential candidate and President Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, has faced a string of legal woes, which he claims have been designed to keep him out of politics.His sentencing in absentia to …
Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, stoking concerns about further unrest two months after fatal clashes.Sonko, a presidential candidate and President Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, has faced a string of legal woes, which he claims have been designed to keep him out of politics.His …
Thousands of Ugandans on Monday thronged the palace grounds of the country’s largest kingdom Buganda, defying rain as they danced and ululated to mark 30 years since the coronation of King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.Dressed in traditional attire — with men wearing a white tunic called a “kanzu’ and women donning “bitenge” dresses — the …
Ugandans celebrate 30 years since Buganda king’s coronationMon, 31 Jul 2023 16:05:33 GMT Read More »
After bust-ups with Mali and Burkina Faso, France is now watching its relationship with Niger spiral downwards following the Sahel’s third military takeover in as many years.The same scenes that have played out in Niger since the July 26 coup have been eerily witnessed in its two neighbours, where elected leaders were tossed aside in …
Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection, three days after being arrested at his home, one of his lawyers told AFP. Sonko, a fierce critic of President Macky Sall, “was charged and placed in custody” after appearing before a judge, lawyer Ousseynou Ngom told AFP.The public prosecutor on Saturday anounced seven new …
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on the reddish-brown desert sand.He is barely breathing, and officers try to revive him, gently, with a few drops of water on his lips.The man is just one among hundreds of migrants arriving daily in …
Migrants between life and death in Tunisia-Libya desertMon, 31 Jul 2023 14:14:39 GMT Read More »
Nigerien participants in the Francophone Games, which have kicked off in DR Congo’s capital, have been left struggling after a putsch in their home country last week.Gathering athletes and artists from mostly-French speaking states, the Games are being held for the first time in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, the world’s largest French-speaking …
Putsch throws Niger team at Francophone Games into disarrayMon, 31 Jul 2023 01:25:23 GMT Read More »
