By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – The African Union on Thursday suspended Gabon’s membership one day after military officers ousted President Ali Bongo, the first regional response to the eighth coup in West and Central Africa since 2020. The takeover ends the Bongo family dynasty’s almost six decades in power and creates a new …
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By David Latona and Andrew Gray TOLEDO, Spain (Reuters) -European Union foreign ministers decided on Thursday to lay the legal groundwork for sanctions on coup leaders in Niger but reserved judgment on whether they would support military action by a regional force to restore the ousted government. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said sanctions …
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s ruling junta has ordered police to expel France’s ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations, and one that authorities in Paris said the army officers who seized power in Niamey last month had no authority to make. The coup’s leaders are following the strategy of juntas in neighbouring Mali and …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will curb visas for those it holds responsible for undermining democracy in Sierra Leone, including in the country’s 2023 elections, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Thursday. Blinken said under this policy, the United States will pursue visa restrictions for those believed to be …
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(Reuters) – Gabon’s military junta named General Brice Oligui Nguema as transition leader on Wednesday, following the apparent ouster of President Ali Bongo. Here are five facts about him. BACKGROUND Nguema is from Gabon’s southeasternmost province of Haut-Ogooue, which borders the Republic of Congo. Bongo is also from the same part of the country. MILITARY …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a “hijacked building”: WHAT ARE HIJACKED BUILDINGS AND WHEN DID THE ISSUE BEGIN? Since the end of apartheid in 1994, a housing crisis in South Africa’s largest …
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TOLEDO, Spain (Reuters) – A military solution to the coup in Niger would be a “disaster” that could trigger a new migration crisis, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday. The main West African bloc ECOWAS has been trying to negotiate with the coup leaders who seized power last month, but has warned it …
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(Reuters) -Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday and had placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest. Below are reactions to the eighth military coup in West and Central Africa since 2020: AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION “The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following with great concern …
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – At least six protesters and one policeman were killed in the eastern Congolese city of Goma on Wednesday when a demonstration against the U.N. peacekeeping mission and other foreign organisations turned violent, the Congolese army said. Since 2022, the United Nations MONUSCO mission has faced protests spurred partly …
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By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – 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 body announced Bongo had won a third term. Saying they represented the armed forces, the officers declared on …
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