The coup that shook Niger nearly two weeks ago triggered an international outcry and curbs on domestic freedoms, yet many people in the capital say the change is a breath of fresh air.Around 30,000 people turned out on Sunday for a rally in a Niamey stadium to support the soldiers who on July 26 toppled …
In post-coup Niger, many salute ‘liberation’ despite outcryTue, 08 Aug 2023 12:51:29 GMT Read More »
On election day in Zimbabwe this month, Tendai and his wife will leave home and head in opposite directions.The pair from the central town of Kadoma live under the same roof but have been assigned to different polling stations in one of a series of anomalies in the voters’ roll that have raised fears of …
Split couples and ghost voters haunt Zimbabwe electionsTue, 08 Aug 2023 05:26:29 GMT Read More »
The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger’s military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from the West African bloc ECOWAS was ignored.Victoria Nuland, a veteran envoy and acting deputy secretary of state, said she met for more than two hours with military chiefs who …
US envoy meets Niger coup leaders but sees no headwayTue, 08 Aug 2023 04:04:49 GMT Read More »
West African leaders will hold a summit on the crisis in Niger this week after the country’s military rulers defied an ultimatum to restore the elected government or face possible military intervention.In its first official reaction since Niger ignored the deadline of midnight (2300 GMT) on Sunday to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, the …
W. African bloc to meet after Niger defies coup ultimatumMon, 07 Aug 2023 20:55:32 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s parliament passed a vote Saturday that effectively restored the right of two key opposition deputies to run in the country’s presidential election next year.The vote cleared any person convicted but then either pardoned or amnestied to run for office, paving the way for Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade, who would otherwise have been ineligible. …
Vote clears Senegal opposition figures for presidential runMon, 07 Aug 2023 19:23:25 GMT Read More »
Faustin-Archange Touadera, who looks set to seek a third term as Central African Republic president after voters approved a new constitution, casts himself as a unifier in one of the world’s most turbulent countries.Each time he travels, Touadera receives a stark reminder of the scale of this challenge in a poverty-stricken nation torn apart by …
C.Africa’s Touadera: man of peace or ‘President Wagner’?Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:16:15 GMT Read More »
Voters in the perennially restive Central African Republic overwhelmingly approved a draft constitution that paves the way for Faustin Archange Touadera to seek a third term as president, the national poll body said Monday.One of the poorest and most troubled countries in the world, the landlocked nation has been gripped by conflict and political turmoil …
Kenyan victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack. A powerful blast hit the US embassy in downtown Nairobi on August 7, 1998, killing 213 people and injuring over 5,000 — most of them …
England survived the sending-off of Lauren James to scrape past Nigeria on penalties Monday and were joined in the Women’s World Cup quarter-finals by an Australia side boosted by the return of Sam Kerr.European champions England will play either Colombia or Jamaica in the last eight on Saturday, but they got there the hard way.Chloe …
Nigeria’s impressive run at the Women’s World Cup may have come to an end Monday, but coach Randy Waldrum said their performances had made the football world sit up and take notice.The Nigerians bowed out when they went down 4-2 on penalties to football heavyweights England when their last-16 encounter finished goalless at the end …
