Politics

Military leaders in Niger have demanded that the head of the United Nations diplomatic mission there leave the country within 72 hours, accusing the U.N. of excluding Niger from its General Assembly last month. The army officers who seized power in a coup in July did not have a representative …

Air France announced the postponement until further notice of the resumption of its flights to Mali, after the government of this country declared on Wednesday that it had not yet given authorization for their restart. Air France said on Tuesday it would resume flights to and from Mali’s capital Bamako …

Three survivors and four relatives of the victims of a terrorist attack in Mozambique have sued the French multinational oil company TotalEnergies. The survivors and relatives, who are British and South African, are accusing Total of involuntary manslaughter and negligence for failing to protect its subcontractors. Dozens of people including …

Cameroon’s media regulator has lifted its suspension on the TV channel Canal+ Elles, which it sanctioned in September for broadcasting “programmes conveying obscene practices with a homosexual tendency”. The National Communication Council said the channel – a subsidiary of the French media group Canal + International – was allowed to …

A Kenyan court announced the suspension until October 24 of the intervention of the Kenyan police in Haiti. Last week, the United Nations Security Council voted for a one-year mandate for a multinational intervention force in Haiti, led by Kenya. Nairobi plans to send 1,000 police officers there by the …

A social media influencer has been sentenced to two years for insulting President João Lourenço on TikTok in Angola, according to reports. “The suspect accused the president on her TikTok account of anarchy and disorganisation”, according to reports. She also blamed the president for the lack of schools, housing and …

Around 2.4 million voters in Liberia are eligible to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a general election in which President George Weah is seeking a second term. Nineteen candidates are hoping to replace the incumbent, former football star George Weah, who is seeking a second term. The two main …

A 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty on Tuesday October 3 in Sheffield, northern England, admitting to having killed a 60-year-old woman last April by hitting her while he was driving the victim’s car. The sixty-year-old woman was discovered dead in front of her home on April 5, visibly hit by her …

Algeria has announced the suspension of its efforts to mediate the political crisis in Niger following the coup in July. Its foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Monday that declarations from the Nigerien authorities had raised “legitimate questions about their real willingness to follow through on their acceptance …

General Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of the coup d’état in Gabon, has appointed the members of a new national assembly and senate for a transitional period before elections promised for an unknown date. Army and police chiefs joined forces on August 30 to stage a bloodless coup, widely supported by …