Le correspondant de Jeune Afrique en #RDC a été placé sous mandat d’arrêt provisoire ce 11 septembre. Jeune Afrique continue de réclamer sa libération immédiate et dénonce une atteinte grave à la liberté de la presse #FreeStanis #RDC

#Gabon 's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning.

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Truck-loads of food, aid and industrial materials are stuck in long queues at the border between Benin and #Niger as sanctions imposed since the coup bite

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West African leaders have started closed-door talks about #Niger in Abuja. The big question is whether they will follow through on threats of a military intervention to reverse the coup.

The junta, unfazed, has named a new government.

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Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup reut.rs/3YA0aB5

France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says reuters.com/world/france-s…

Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist
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He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani reuters.com/world/africa/n…

ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on member states before, Burkina Faso and Guinea come to mind after coups in the past 3 years. Financial sanctions led to defaults on debt - in Mali in particular - but such measures tended to hurt civilians more than the military junta, analysts say

#Senegal opposition leader Ousmane #Sonko charged with plotting insurrection reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? reuters.com/world/africa/w…

Niger's state broadcaster has been playing these green-screened military music videos all day, and I gotta say, I think they've really got something here.

A coup in #Niger could have a 'negative impact' on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring #Mali , U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.

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Niger's army command has just declared its support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. #Niger #Niger Coup

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The Reuters Africa latest on what appears to be an attempted coup in #Niger : some soldiers have blocked access to the presidential palace and appear to be holding on to Bazoum. Presidency said they are acting 'in vain' but then deleted that statement.

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Some soldiers from Niger's presidential guard have blockaded the office of President Mohamed Bazoum, several security sources said on Wednesday.

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#Ghana has become the latest African nation to abolish the death penalty. It is the 29th country to do so in Africa and the 124th globally.

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US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group reuters.com/world/us-sanct…