Thousands rallied Saturday, in Niamey to demand that France withdraw its troops from Niger, as sought by the junta that seized power late June. The protesters gathered near a base housing French soldiers following a call by several civic organizations’ hostile ... Read More

Niger's military regime fired a new verbal broadside at France on Friday, accusing Paris of "blatant interference" by backing the country's ousted president as protestors rallied near a French base outside the capital Niamey. President Mohamed Bazoum, a French ally whose ... Read More

An independent inquiry has found no evidence that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. The panel rejected claims made by the US ambassador to South Africa that a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and arms ... Read More

US President Joe Biden has said he is "disappointed" that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plans to skip the upcoming G20 summit in India. Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the summit in New Delhi this week, ... Read More

The African Union announced Thursday the suspension with immediate effect of Gabon, where soldiers overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday. The continental organization "strongly condemns the takeover of power by the military in the Republic of Gabon", announced the AU ... Read More

Mrs. Simone Giger Total trade transactions between Ghana and Switzerland reached a record of $3.6 billion in 2022, due to long standing mutually beneficial relations, Mrs Simone Giger, Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, said on Thursday. Out of the figure, about $3.4 billion ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that he has reached out to Russia with “concrete proposals” to renew the collapsed grain deal Moscow pulled out of in July and then followed with a series of attacks on ... Read More

Donald Trump Donald Trump's trial in Georgia over charges of election fraud will be livestreamed and televised, a judge has ruled. All the hearings will be available live on Fulton County Court's YouTube channel, said Judge Scott McAfee. A date for the trial ... Read More

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighboring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s. The Economic Community of West African States has imposed sanctions on ... Read More

Josep Borrell EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that at the moment the European Union has no plans to evacuate citizens from Gabon. "In Gabon, at the moment, there are . The situation is calm. We don't see any risk ... Read More