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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday voiced support for efforts of the West African bloc ECOWAS on Niger without explicitly backing its call at a summit for military intervention. The United States has in recent days…

The president of the Central African Republic said his country wanted good relations with France, in an interview that followed years of tension fuelled by the CAR's rapprochement with Russia. "We are not against France," President…

A Romanian security personel who was kidnapped from a manganese mining project in Burkina Faso in 2015 has been released and safely returned to Romania, the foreign ministry stated this on Wednesday. Iulian Ghergut was 39 years when he…

There is still room for mediation efforts in Niger", declared European commission spokesman Peter Stano during a press conference in Brussels on Tuesday. Even though, efforts by ECOWAS and the United States to parlay with Niger's new…

Ethiopia’s military has forced local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents reported on Wednesday, in its first major battlefield breakthroughs since fighting erupted last week. The Ethiopian National Defence…

Liberian authorities have arrested and handed over a former Sierra Leonean police chief accused by his country of planning a coup against President Julius Maada Bio's government. Liberian Information Minister Ledgerhood Rennie said in a…

Five people, including a 40-year-old British national and a police officer have died in violent protests related to the taxi strike in Cape Town, South Africa. This comes after a week-long strike was called by the South African National…

Talks between the governing Kenya Kwanza and the opposition Azimio la Umoja coalitions to end political tensions over the rising cost of living and electoral reforms are due to resume. Azimio led deadly protests in March and July against…

In the aftermath of the coup in Niger, false claims and misinformation are being shared online, adding to the tensions over the country's future. We have looked into some of the widely shared claims. Old and manipulated images showing…

The former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has been barred from holding public office for five years by the country's electoral authorities. The decision was announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan three days after Mr…