The United States is moving some of its troops from a base in Niger’s capital Niamey — where rebel officers seized power in a July coup — to another in the Agadez area, the Pentagon said Thursday.Washington has some 1,100 military personnel in the country, but the Defense Department says they have largely remained on …
Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met Qatar’s emir on Thursday during his third trip abroad since war broke out in April, after also visiting Egypt and South Sudan in recent days.Burhan, whose troops are fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), had spent months under siege inside the military headquarters in Khartoum and stayed …
Gabon’s military rulers on Thursday appointed Raymond Ndong Sima, a prominent opponent to ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, as interim prime minister following the country’s coup on August 30.Ndong Sima, a 68-year-old Paris-educated economist, served as prime minister under Bongo from 2012 to 2014 before becoming a critic and competing against him in the 2016 …
Bongo critic named interim PM in post-coup GabonThu, 07 Sep 2023 17:52:59 GMT Read More »
A passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali was attacked on Thursday by suspected jihadists, the Malian army said.”At around 11:00 am (1100 GMT), armed terrorist groups… attacked a Comanav boat” in the Gourma-Rharous area, it said on social media, referring to the ferry’s operator.The boat, plying an established route between cities along …
Mali river boat attacked by suspected jihadistsThu, 07 Sep 2023 16:34:55 GMT Read More »
South African captain Temba Bavuma carried his bat for a defiant century as his team were bowled out for 222 in the first one-day international against Australia at the Mangaung Oval on Thursday.Bavuma opened the batting and made an unbeaten 114 while his teammates crumbled against accurate bowling on a slow, dry pitch with uneven …
Renewables funding, global finance reform and carbon taxes head the demands formulated by African nations at a summit in Nairobi this week as the world heads towards annual climate negotiations.The final declaration at the first-ever pan-African climate summit laid out a vision pitching the continent as a key to decarbonisation but also calling for funds …
Africa climate demands zero in on finance, debt and taxesThu, 07 Sep 2023 14:11:04 GMT Read More »
Australian-born wing Monty Ioane on Thursday lauded Italy’s best ever World Cup outfit ahead of their tournament opener against Namibia this weekend.Although they again finished bottom of the last Six Nations tournament having lost all five matches, Italy have in the last 18 months recorded a first ever win over Australia and a first win …
‘Best’ ever Italy confident ahead of Namibia clashThu, 07 Sep 2023 11:52:16 GMT Read More »
France’s highest administrative court is to rule on Thursday whether a school ban on abayas, traditional over-garments worn by some Muslim women, is legal.President Emmanuel Macron’s government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools, saying it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned on the …
Court to rule on French abaya Muslim dress banThu, 07 Sep 2023 11:46:20 GMT Read More »
Police in Ethiopia’s war-scarred region of Tigray arrested and baton-charged opposition leaders and supporters ahead of planned demonstrations on Thursday, a protest organiser and a local journalist said.A coalition of three opposition parties had called for demonstrations against the region’s interim administration led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics for …
A court in Burkina Faso has handed a three-year suspended sentence to a well-known healer after a trial in which she was convicted of complicity in beating up a follower.Adja, whose formal name is Amsetou Nikiema, has drawn thousands of followers to gatherings where she reputedly heals those who fall sick or are believed to …
