By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations sanctions in Mali will end on Thursday after Russia vetoed a renewal of the regime that targeted anyone violating or obstructing a 2015 peace deal, hindering aid delivery, committing rights abuses or recruiting child soldiers. Independent U.N. sanctions monitors reported to the Security Council this month that …
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By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – In an ornate chair, surrounded by expensive furniture and artefacts, Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo pleaded in a video on Wednesday for allies to “make noise” after a military takeover that threatens to end his family’s nearly 60 years in power. Noise may be all he gets. If successful, …
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LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabonese President Ali Bongo, speaking from apparent house arrest on Wednesday, asked the international community to “make noise” to support him and his family in a video shared widely online after military officers declared they had seized power. The video was confirmed as authentic by BTP Advisors, a PR firm that has …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The Gabon junta named General Brice Oligui Nguema as transition leader, soldiers said on national television. (Reporting by Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Andrew Gray and David Latona TOLEDO, Spain (Reuters) – The European Union is moving ahead with the legal groundwork to impose sanctions on members of a junta that seized power in Niger last month, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday. In deciding on sanctions, the EU will aim to mirror any …
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(Reuters) – Military officers declared they had seized power in Gabon on Wednesday after the Central African state’s election body announced President Ali Bongo’s re-election. Here is what we know so far: WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN GABON? In the early hours of Wednesday, Gabonese military officers appeared on national television and proclaimed they had taken …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said on Wednesday that they had seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest. If successful, the coup would be the eighth in West and Central Africa since 2020. Below is reaction from analysts: RUKMINI SANYAL, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA ANALYST, ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT “We …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia sought to deny bail to five Egyptians and six Zambians charged with espionage for entering a restricted zone of Lusaka airport, two weeks after Zambian authorities said their plane had been seized along with guns, bullets, cash and fake gold. A magistrates court in the capital Lusaka charged the men on …
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By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA (Reuters) -Nigerian police raided an alleged gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, in the southern city of Warri in Delta state, and arrested 67 people, authorities said in a statement, following a tipoff from a person who knew of the event. The tipoff about the ceremony came during police …
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(Refiles to correct spelling of Borrell in media identifier) TOLEDO, Spain (Reuters) -European Union defence ministers are to discuss the situation in Gabon, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday, adding that a coup, if confirmed, would heap more instability on the region. A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television …
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