Politics

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed on Wednesday his “support” for President Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown by a coup in Niger this summer, at a time when the French ambassador, expelled by the ruling military, has left Niger . According to the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron spoke with Hassoumi Massaoudou, Minister of Foreign …

Burkina Faso’s military leaders said the country’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday. It’s almost a year since the military leader and now interim President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, himself, seized power. In a statement read on television, the junta said unnamed military officers and others had …

The Ukrainian Football Federation (AUF) has announced its intention to boycott European competitions in which Russian teams will be involved. This announcement comes the day after UEFA’s decision to reinstate Russian teams under the age of 17. The AUF “strongly condemns” this decision, according to a press release published on …

Namibia has suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from South Africa following the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the neighbouring country, Reuters reported. The suspension is in effect until further notice, the agriculture ministry said in a statement released on Wednesday. South Africa is …

Nigeria’s two largest unions, the National Labor Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have accused the government of failing to ease the financial burden on Nigerians and called for an indefinite strike to begin next Tuesday. Unions said the industrial action was a protest to the government’s response …

The French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, left the country by plane this Wednesday morning, Reuters reported, citing security sources. The repatriation of Sylvain Itté takes place following a standoff with the military junta which seized power on July 26 in Niamey. The military ordered the expulsion of the diplomat …

Kenya says it is confident the deployment of hundreds of its police to Haiti by January will end gang warfare there. Last year Haiti’s government appealed for help because of the spiralling gang violence. Gangs have largely overpowered the police and now control more than three-quarters of the capital. Initially …

Russian authorities have issued a search warrant for Pole Piotr Hofmanskithe, President of the International Criminal Court without specifying the reason. “The Pole is wanted in connection with a criminal investigation,” the Interior Ministry said in its database of wanted persons, according to the state agencies Tass and Ria Novosti. …

More than five million invasive quelea birds have been killed in a mass cull in Tanzania, the authorities have said in comments reported in the local media. The birds had invaded more than 1,000 acres of rice farmland in the Manyara region in the north of the country, causing extensive …

Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa’s first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela, has died of cancer at the age of 43, her family has announced. In a statement on Instagram, a spokesperson said that Zoleka passed away on Monday evening surrounded by friends and family. In recent years she had …