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The junta that seized power in Niger in a 26th July coup said late on Sunday that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum could be prosecuted for high treason. The coup leaders have imprisoned Bazoum and dissolved the elected government, drawing…

Supporters of Gabonese president Ali Bongo believe that their candidate "is the choice of reason" as he launched his election campaign in the Owendo commune. The Gabonese leader who is favourite to win a third term, will face 18 other…

Niger's deposed president is running out of food and experiencing other increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an advisor said. President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African…

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power. Nelson Chamisa also warned that any evidence of tampering by Mnangagwa's…

In the columns of the Washington Post, for his first public statement since the coup d'etat in Niger, deposed President Mohamed Bazoum expresses his concern at the risk of a rebound in terrorism and a region placed "under Russian influence"…

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Lula's comments came hours…

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden has shortly before midnight, without giving any explanation, replaced by a former senior Central Bank executive, Ahmed Hachani, whom he asked to "overcome colossal…

Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power even in his latter days, has died aged 89, his party said. The "Ivory Coast Democratic Party-African Democratic Rally…

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The meeting between the two heads of state sealed the cooperation between the two…

Kenyan President William Ruto has condemned the coup in Niger, calling the army takeover of the unstable militsnts-hit nation "a serious setback" for Africa. "On Wednesday Africa suffered a serious setback in its democratic gains as the…