A top U.S diplomatic official has visited Niger to urge the nation’s new military rulers to restore the West African nation’s democratically elected president to power. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said on the social media platform X, ... Read More

Donald Trump A federal judge in New York tossed out a lawsuit Monday by Donald Trump in which he claimed he had been defamed by a former magazine columnist after she won a sex abuse case against him. The former president was ... Read More

Jerrycans of diesel are brought to a generator in Niamey on 7 August 2023  -  Copyright © africanews-/AFP or licensors In the popular district of Lazaret in Niamey, cries of joy welcome the return of electricity cut for nearly five hours: for a ... Read More

Parliament has passed the Ghana Commission for UNESCO Bill, 2022, which seeks to help the country achieve the aims and objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The object of the Bill is to establish the Ghana ... Read More

Visitors to the 'PMC Wagner Centre', operated by founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022 Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the ... Read More

Former U.S. President Donald Trump contended Sunday that the federal judge randomly picked to oversee the trial accusing him of conspiring to overturn his 2020 reelection defeat wouldn’t be fair to him and should be replaced. He also said that the ... Read More

Niger's junta leaders were cheered by thousands of supporters at a defiant rally in Niamey on Sunday Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is ... Read More

Japan’s foreign minister, following a one-on-one meeting Thursday with Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister, expressed hope their two nations would work together on the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, making his first visit to Ethiopia, said ... Read More

Mohamed Bazoum Niger's ousted leader has urged the US and "entire international community" to help "restore... constitutional order" after last week's coup. In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazoum said he was writing "as a hostage". He also warned that the ... Read More

Donald Trump Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Washington DC court to conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat. During a short arraignment, he spoke softly to confirm his not-guilty plea, name and age, and that he ... Read More