By ANTHONY KITIMO The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) says it is watching over other potential conflict boiling pots in the region, after Sudan erupted into a massive crisis the bloc is struggling to deal with. And Permanent Secretaries from the 8-member bloc say they have introduced guidelines for its member States to detect early…
By AFP Ivory Coast’s former president Henri Konan Bédié has died aged 89 in hospital in Abidjan, a member of his party’s communications team told AFP late on Tuesday. Bédié succeeded Ivory Coast’s post-colonial founding father, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, serving as president from 1993 to 1999 — when he was overthrown by the military in the country’s first-ever…
By Chris Ewokor & Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Flights evacuating Europeans from Niger have arrived in France and Italy. France began evacuating its citizens from Niger amid anti-French sentiment following last week’s coup – 262 people arrived in Paris early on Wednesday. The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French…
Here is a roundup of the key events since a military coup took place in Niger on Wednesday, July 26. Here is a look at key events in the week since a military coup took place in the West African country Niger. Wednesday, July 26 Niger’s presidency said on social media platform X, formerly known…
By Rédaction Africanews NIGER Niger Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, who has been stuck outside the country since last week’s coup, appealed to the international community on Tuesday to help his country restore democracy. Speaking to The Associated Press in Paris, Mahamadou said that Niger should be considered crucial for strengthening democracy in West Africa and…
By Rédaction Africanews SENEGAL Two people were killed and five wounded when an attacker hurled a petrol bomb on a bus in Dakar on Tuesday, the interior minister said. Bus driver Abdoulaye Diop, who was hurt in the attack, told an AFP journalist at the scene that a group of hooded youths boarded the bus…
By Rédaction Africanews IVORY COAST 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 (PDCI-RDA) is deeply saddened” to announce the “sudden death” of Bedie in…