The Biden administration has yet to announce any decision on evacuation for American forces, diplomats, aid workers and other U.S. citizens in Niger, an important counter-terror base for the United States in the Sahel
The countries issued a statement saying, ‘In the event the authority’s demands are not met within one week, (the bloc will) take all measures necessary to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger’
President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the termination of the grain deal earlier this month caused a rise in grain prices that benefits Russian companies, and added that Moscow would share some of those revenues with the ‘poorest nations’
Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday they had deposed democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader
Gen. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday, told state television that the junta met with senior civil servants to discuss how to run the West African country following the coup
The Russian leader is trying to seduce African countries at a summit held in Saint Petersburg where the Wagner Group’s boss made an appearance
While many people in the capital of Niamey went about their usual business, it remained unclear who was in control of the country and which side the majority might support
Now the fate of U.S. military operations is in question after Wednesday’s coup. Niger had avoided the military takeovers that destabilized West African neighbors in recent years
The announcement Wednesday night comes after a day of uncertainty as members of Niger’s presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace, detaining President Mohamed Bazoum
A tweet from the account of Niger’s presidency reported that members of the elite guard unit engaged in an “anti-Republican demonstration” and unsuccessfully tried to obtain support from other security forces
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza — the main political opponent of Rwandan President Paul Kagame — accuses her country’s government of ‘silencing opposition’ and focusing on ‘whitewashing its international image’
Aminata Touré, an economist and the former Prime Minister of Senegal, is running to become the first female president in the country’s 2024 elections
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke in Uganda, which recently passed anti-gay legislation prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality
The decision has increased tensions in the southern African nation, which has a history of violent and disputed elections
The southern region of the ‘red island’ was thought to be the first country that would experience famine as a result of climate change, but experts warn that the cause of this crisis is structural poverty
With the war in Ukraine as a wake-up call, the African country has decided to focus more on its own production and less on imports. But bigger harvests will not by themselves solve the problem of food insecurity
Some U.S. based organizations, especially in largely Christian countries, are looking to influence
A review of dozens of traditional societies shows that the sexual division of labor in these communities is a myth
Now 62 years old, he was arrested last month in the small town of Paarl near Cape Town, having been on the run for half his life
The 62-year-old McKinleyville, California, resident and his wife say they believe FBI officials withheld information about negotiations with the captors
These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy
The executive director of the Artemisas Foundation talks about equality, women’s representation in elected office and the political and economic violence suffered by women leaders in her country
The researchers are waiting for the WHO to approve the treatment, which is the first in the world to protect against a worm that infects 200 million people a year
Of the more than 200,000 Sudanese who have fled violence in their country, almost half went to Egypt where millions already live, leading to heightened tension
Days of clashes between security forces and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko killed at least 16 people and injured hundreds
Jordan is set to host its biggest royal wedding in years as the country’s young Crown Prince Hussein exchanges vows with a daughter of one of Saudi Arabia’s wealthiest and most influential families
The allegations were made this month by the United States’ ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto the Russian-flagged cargo ship when it docked at the Simon’s Town naval base near Cape Town
