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A group of soldiers who appeared on Niger’s national television late on Wednesday say President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power. Reading from a statement, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, seated and flanked by nine other officers,…

President George Weah has pledged to deliver a violence-free, credible, transparent and inclusive elections as Liberia prepares for its general election in October this year . President Weah made the commitment in Monrovia during the…

African leaders have arrived in Saint Petersburg ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit which kicks off this Thursday. 49 African delegations and 17 heads of state will take part in the two-day summit and economic forum. African…

The African Union (AU), world leaders and regional blocs have condemned a coup attempt against Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum by members of the presidential guard. Niger’s presidency said in a tweet on Wednesday that members of the…

Qatar has expressed its desire to press ahead with a new Rafale warplane deal after buying 36 jets since 2015, a French defence ministry source has said. The development is coming just days after the minister visited Doha to cement…

A Russian military delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is due to visit North Korea this week, joining a Chinese group as the first such public visitors to the country since the start of the pandemic. Russia's Defence…

The United Nations has commenced the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast in a complex operation it hopes will ward off a regional disaster. The U.N., which has never before…

Russia has rebuffed a call by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres for it to rejoin the Black Sea grain export deal saying it is impossible for Moscow to be a part of the deal until an agreement related to its interests is honoured.…

Spain's maritime rescue service has rescued a boat near the island of Gran Canaria carrying 84 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, one of whom had died. TV footage showed emergency services helping the migrants disembark, offering blankets…

Japan and Italy will hold a joint fighter jet drill between Aug 2-10, a week after Japan announced a similar exercise with the French air force. Japan's Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) said four Japanese F-15 jets and four Italian F-35A…