DAKAR (Reuters) – Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, is in custody in Dakar on terrorism, conspiracy and public order charges, among others, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. He was arrested in Mauritania and extradited to Senegal on Saturday, his lawyer said. Branco is part of the team defending …
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(Reuters) – A road crash killed 24 people in a rural area in Morocco on Sunday, the state news agency said. The crash took place in Azilal Province, about 310 km (190 miles) from the capital Rabat, when a truck carrying local shoppers overturned on the road to the regional weekly market. (Reporting by Omar …
NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s ousted prime minister on Saturday clung to the dimming hope that last week’s military coup could be overturned by diplomacy, he told Reuters on the eve of a deadline set by regional powers to reinstate the elected government. Niger’s military takeover, the seventh in West and Central Africa in three years, has …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya’s High State Council (HSC) consultative body replaced its leader in a televised vote on Sunday, adding new uncertainty to a political standoff over control of government and the path to elections. The Tripoli-based HSC has a say in major political matters under the terms of a 2015 political agreement and has been …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government said on Sunday it had reduced the number of troops it has in Niger to make room in its military base for civilians who may need protection from a fragile security situation. West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened military intervention in Niger unless a July 26 military coup is …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France will support efforts by the West African regional grouping ECOWAS to make the military coup in Niger fail, the French foreign ministry said on Saturday. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met with Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou and the Niger ambassador in Paris on Saturday. Earlier, Colonna said the junta in …
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(Reuters) – Algeria is categorically against any military intervention in Niger, Ennahar TV said late on Saturday citing President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. “A military intervention could ignite the whole Sahel region and Algeria will not use force with its neighbours,” Tabboune said in an interview with local media. (Reporting By Moaz Abd-Alaziz; Editing by David Gregorio)
CAIRO (Reuters) -A historic neo-Islamic ministry in central Cairo was engulfed in flames on Saturday, only days after its employees had moved to premises in a new capital city under construction in the desert 45km east of Cairo. The fire appeared mainly confined to the top floor of the Ministry of Religious Endowments, or Awqaf, …
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By Abdel-Kader Mazou NIAMEY (Reuters) – Shoppers in Niger’s coup-hit capital Niamey face soaring prices for basic foods since the military takeover triggered trade sanctions from West African neighbours. At one rain-drenched market, customer Ibou Kane said a sack of rice had gone up by more than a third to around 15,000 CFA francs ($25) …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is pausing certain foreign assistance programs that benefit the government of Niger but will continue giving humanitarian and food assistance, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday. A military junta overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his government on July 26, the seventh military …
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