ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta on Monday scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight the violence in Africa’s Sahel region as the country’s army leaders and a senior Russian defense
The Arakan Army, a Burmese ethnic rebel group, has reportedly ambushed two Border Guard Police outposts in Rakhine, a state in the country’s west. The Arakan Army is one of three rebel groups comprising the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which began collaborative efforts
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the leader of Burma’s military government, said Friday that counterattacks are planned against successful ethnic rebel operations in the country’s northeast, according to state-run media. Maj. Gen Zaw Min Tun also conceded that three towns on the
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Hamsa Diakite can’t remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal. She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in sanctions against the West African
Lawyers for ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum have called for his immediate release from house arrest. Bazoum was deposed by a military junta earlier this year, and has been detained ever since. “Not only must the military authorities provide us with proof
Mali’s military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday. The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for “technical reasons” to
A French official detained in Niger last week has been released, the French government said Thursday. The arrest heightened tensions between France and Niger, where military officers deposed an elected president last month and ordered French officials to leave. France’s Foreign Ministry
Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is free and can travel abroad for medical treatment, the country’s junta said as it appointed a new prime minister. Raymond Ndong Sima, an
Last month, democratically elected Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown in a military coup. West African regional bloc ECOWAS has threatened to invade Niger in order to reinstate order in the country. Niger’s junta has made military preparations to fend off the
Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate