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Manon Laplace@Manon_Laplace12 Sep 2023

Le correspondant de @jeune_afrique en #RDC a été placé sous mandat d’arrêt provisoire ce 11 septembre. Jeune Afrique continue de réclamer sa libération immédiate et dénonce une atteinte grave à la liberté de la presse #FreeStanis #RDC

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David Lewis@DG_Lewis30 Aug 2023

#Gabon's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning. reuters.com/world/africa/gab…

Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained

Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday, placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and naming a new leader after the Central African state's election...

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn24 Aug 2023

Truck-loads of food, aid and industrial materials are stuck in long queues at the border between Benin and #Niger as sanctions imposed since the coup bite reuters.com/world/africa/foo….

Food and aid pile up at Niger's border as sanctions bite

The Malanville border crossing in northern Benin is one of the busiest in West Africa. Trucks with food, humanitarian aid and industrial materials usually flow freely into neighbouring Niger, one of...

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn10 Aug 2023

West African leaders have started closed-door talks about #Niger in Abuja. The big question is whether they will follow through on threats of a military intervention to reverse the coup. The junta, unfazed, has named a new government. reuters.com/world/africa/wes…

Niger coup: West African bloc activates standby force for possible intervention

West Africa's regional bloc on Thursday ordered the activation of a standby force for possible use against the junta that took power in Niger in July, saying it wanted a peaceful restoration of...

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@ReutersAfrica9 Aug 2023

Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup reut.rs/3YA0aB5

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Nellie Peyton@nelliepeyton1 Aug 2023

France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says reuters.com/world/france-sta…

France evacuates citizens from Niger after neighbours warn of war

France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted...

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Ngouda Dione@NgoudaDione131 Jul 2023

Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist reuters.com/world/africa/sen…

Senegal dissolves opposition party as protests persist

Senegal's interior minister on Monday said it had dissolved the party of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for rallying supporters into stoking violence during protests last month, prompting more calls...

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Edward McAllister@edjmcallister31 Jul 2023

He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani reuters.com/world/africa/nig…

The Niger general who ousted a president he was meant to protect

In 2011, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed a prized military appointment: the head of an elite unit set up to protect the president. Last week, he used his position and manpower to do the opposite.

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MacDonald Dzirutwe

@MDzirutwe30 Jul 2023

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on member states before, Burkina Faso and Guinea come to mind after coups in the past 3 years. Financial sanctions led to defaults on debt - in Mali in particular - but such measures tended to hurt civilians more than the military junta, analysts say

@ReutersAfrica30 Jul 2023

West Africa threatens force on Niger coup leaders, French embassy attacked reut.rs/451TfCG

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Bate Felix@BateFelix29 Jul 2023

#Senegal opposition leader Ousmane #Sonko charged with plotting insurrection reuters.com/world/africa/sen…

Senegal opposition leader Sonko charged with plotting insurrection

Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was charged on Saturday with plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy and other offenses, two months after his trial for a separate rape charge sparked...

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Bate Felix@BateFelix28 Jul 2023

Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? reuters.com/world/africa/whi…

Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger?

Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's semi-arid Sahel region, is host to a number of foreign troops. Those numbers have increased over the past two...

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn28 Jul 2023

Coup leaders in #Niger have declared Gen Abdourahamane Tiani as their new head of state. Constitution suspended, govt institutions dissolved. He is the president of a newly formed military council. reuters.com/world/africa/nig…

Niger military council takes over, US sees room for diplomacy

Leaders of a coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday days after saying they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the seventh military takeover in West...

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn28 Jul 2023

What we know about Tiani here: reuters.com/world/africa/who….

Who is Niger's new leader, Abdourahamane Tiani?

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the commander of Niger's presidential guard, was appointed head of state on Friday by a governing council set up by military forces that ousted President Mohammed Bazoum.

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Michelle Nichols@michellenichols27 Jul 2023

A coup in #Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring #Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. reuters.com/world/africa/nig…

Niger coup could complicate UN peacekeepers withdrawal from Mali

A coup in Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn27 Jul 2023

Niger's army command has just declared its support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. #Niger #NigerCoup reuters.com/world/africa/nig….

Niger coup widely condemned, countries urge return to order

President Mohamed Bazoum remained held in the presidential palace and it was unclear who was in charge of the country.

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn26 Jul 2023

The @ReutersAfrica latest on what appears to be an attempted coup in #Niger: some soldiers have blocked access to the presidential palace and appear to be holding on to Bazoum. Presidency said they are acting "in vain" but then deleted that statement. reuters.com/world/africa/sol…

Niger soldiers say President Bazoum's government has been removed

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation's national television late on Wednesday, hours after the president...

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn26 Jul 2023

#Ghana has become the latest African nation to abolish the death penalty. It is the 29th country to do so in Africa and the 124th globally. reuters.com/world/africa/gha…

Ghana parliament votes to abolish the death penalty

Ghana's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, making the country the latest of several African nations that have moved to repeal capital punishment in recent years.

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Bate Felix@BateFelix24 Jul 2023

US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group reuters.com/world/us-sanctio…

US sanctions Malian officials over alleged ties to Wagner Group

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Malian officials, including the minister of defense, over accusations they facilitated the deployment and expansion of the Russian Wagner...

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Ngouda Dione@NgoudaDione124 Jul 2023

At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar Au moins 15 migrants se noient au large de la côte dans la capitale sénégalaise, Dakar. reuters.com/world/africa/lea… W/ @honore123 – at Senegal

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Sofia Christensen@sofiacsn21 Jul 2023

#GuineaBissau has ordered the suspension of teachers' salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers. The decision will affect some 8,000 teachers reuters.com/world/africa/gui….

Guinea-Bissau suspends teachers' salaries to root out fake staff

Guinea-Bissau's government has ordered the suspension of teachers' salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers, according to a statement released on Thursday.

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