DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, whose jail sentencing in June sparked violent protests, was detained on Friday following a scuffle with security forces stationed outside his home, his lawyers and the state prosecutor said. Sonko, 49, said in a post on Friday on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that soldiers …
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ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year-old woman was lynched in Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region in July 2020, drawing …
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(Reuters) -The United States remains deeply concerned by developments in Niger in the wake of a military coup and condemns any effort to seize power by force, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Friday. Kirby told a briefing that U.S. cooperation with the government of the African state was at risk, while …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is still delivering aid in Niger although U.N. officials in the country said on Friday they have not had any contact with the military following a coup. Niger military officers declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state of the West African on …
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(This July 26 story has been corrected to remove an extraneous letter from the jump headline) By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the …
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(Reuters) – The chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani, said on Friday that proposals by Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide grain to Africa were not sufficient, and that a ceasefire in Ukraine was needed. In a closing address to a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, he also said Putin had shown readiness to …
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(Reuters) – Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso called on Friday for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying a peace plan put forward by African leaders deserved attention. Nguesso spoke at a Russia-Africa forum in St Petersburg hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said the peace proposal would be discussed later in the …
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(Reuters) – Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera said on Friday his country’s relations with Russia had helped it to save its democracy and avoid a civil war. Russian mercenaries, including many from the Wagner militia, intervened in 2018 on the side of the government to quell a civil war that has raged since …
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ABUJA (Reuters) – In the suburb of Kubwa, outside Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, an 8-year-old chess prodigy wants to make her mark by using the board game as a tool for social change. Ivie Urieto has won 11 medals from both local and online competitions since she took up chess at the age of four. She …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron condemned on Friday what he called a dangerous military coup in Niger and said he was working with regional leaders in the Sahel area of Africa to defend democracy there. “We call on President Bazoum to be freed,” Macron said from Papua New Guinea, adding that France supported …
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