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A spokesman for the French military on Wednesday said that any cooperation with Niger in the fields of development and financial aid and military partnerships had been suspended until further notice.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The chiefs of staff of the countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting from Wednesday to Friday in Abuja on the subject of the putsch in Niger, announced Tuesday evening the regional organization in a statement.Sourced from Africanews Read More

“It has been noted that the TikTok application is the social network preferred by ill-intentioned people to disseminate hateful and subversive messages threatening the stability of the country,” Sourced from Africanews Read More

Labour unions marched across Nigeria on Wednesday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president, with calls for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship. Usman Abdullahi Shagari, health ministry worker: “The removal of fuel subsidy has increased (the cost of) almost everything in the country so far, but precisely if… Read More

Labour unions marched across Nigeria on Wednesday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president, with calls for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship. Usman Abdullahi Shagari, health ministry worker: “The removal of fuel subsidy has increased (the cost of) almost everything in the country so far, but precisely if… Read More

Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger, AFP learned on Wednesday from a source close to the management of the Nigerien Electricity Company (Nigelec), in line with the sanctions decided by the West African neighbors of Niger destabilized by a coup. “Nigeria disconnected since yesterday (Tuesday) the high voltage line that carries electricity to Niger,” the source said. A… Read More

An Italian military aircraft landed at an airport near Rome early on Wednesday with 99 passengers evacuated from Niger, the Italian defence ministry said. The passengers evacuated included 36 Italians, 21 U.S. citizens and others from various countries, Italian state radio said. The evacuation comes during a deepening crisis sparked by the coup last week against Niger’s democratically elected president,… Read More

An Italian military aircraft landed at an airport near Rome early on Wednesday with 99 passengers evacuated from Niger, the Italian defence ministry said. The passengers evacuated included 36 Italians, 21 U.S. citizens and others from various countries, Italian state radio said. The evacuation comes during a deepening crisis sparked by the coup last week against Niger’s democratically elected president,… Read More

An Italian military aircraft landed at an airport near Rome early on Wednesday with 99 passengers evacuated from Niger, the Italian defence ministry said. The passengers evacuated included 36 Italians, 21 U.S. citizens and others from various countries, Italian state radio said. The evacuation comes during a deepening crisis sparked by the coup last week against Niger’s democratically elected president,… Read More

There has been a power cut, and under moonlight in a poor quarter of DR Congo’s capital, wrestler Maitresse Libondans explains how she invokes her ancestors to cast spells that rout her opponents. “I research the fetish,” says the 28-year-old, a figure wearing a dramatic red wig ahead of her fight and holding a cane that she says is imbued… Read More