Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing France, the country’s former colonial power, waving Russian flags, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd. Demonstrators in Niger are openly resentful of France, and Russia is seen by some as a powerful… Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has expressed hope for a return to normality and reopening of borders with North African neighbour Algeria, which cut diplomatic ties nearly two years ago. “We pray to the Almighty for a return to normality and a reopening of the borders between our two neighbouring countries and our brotherly peoples,” Mohammed VI, 59, said late Saturday… Read More

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has expressed hope for a return to normality and reopening of borders with North African neighbour Algeria, which cut diplomatic ties nearly two years ago. “We pray to the Almighty for a return to normality and a reopening of the borders between our two neighbouring countries and our brotherly peoples,” Mohammed VI, 59, said late Saturday… Read More

Several thousand demonstrators gathered in Niger’s capital, Niamey, to demand the departure of French military troops from the country. They also want an end to other foreign interference, after last week’s coup that has brought a military junta to power. However West African leaders meeting in an extraordinary summit on Niger have threatened military action against the junta if it… Read More

Several thousand demonstrators gathered in Niger’s capital, Niamey, to demand the departure of French military troops from the country. They also want an end to other foreign interference, after last week’s coup that has brought a military junta to power. However West African leaders meeting in an extraordinary summit on Niger have threatened military action against the junta if it… Read More

Voting is underway in the Central African Republic in a referendum that would allow president Faustin-Archange Touadéra to run for a third term. Elected in 2016, President Touadéra was re-elected in 2020 after a vote interrupted by several incursions by armed rebel groups and marred by accusations of fraud. Sixty-six year old, Touadéra is accused by his opponents of wanting to… Read More