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At least 93 people have died in the fires that ravaged the island of Maui, Hawaii, a new toll that has earned authorities a shower of criticism. “It’s going to keep going up. We want people to be prepared for that,” state governor John Green warned Saturday. In a landscape …

Niger’s ruling military leaders have announced their intention to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and “undermining the country’s security”. In a statement read on national television, army spokesman Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane said they had gathered evidence against the ousted leader and referred to him as his “local …

An Ethiopian army drone bombarded protesters in the Amhara region, killing at least 70 people, according to a local media report. Air strikes reportedly hit the demonstrators, who’d gathered in the town of Finote Selam in protest against plans by federal forces to enter the area. The army and a …

After ECOWAS announced its decision to deploy a “standby force” in Niger, Russia announced that it opposed any military intervention in that country. The announcement comes after several countries around the world, including the UK, France and the US, said they supported any move by the West African regional bloc, …

West African army chiefs will meet in the coming days to prepare plans for a possible military intervention in Niger, ECOWAS spokesperson said on Friday. The ECOWAS bloc ordered the activation of a standby force on Thursday, two weeks after army ousted Mohamed Bazoum. The chiefs of staff meeting indicates …

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Friday expressed serious concern about the deterioration of the conditions of detention of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. Mr. Faki Mahamat describes as “unacceptable” the treatment of Mohamed Bazoum by the military authorities who overthrew him. In the same statement, …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States supports ECOWAS’ determination to explore all options for the peaceful resolution of the coup in Niger. The statement comes after the regional bloc approved a “standby” military force. He said the US would hold the Niger junta accountable for the …

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday told Zimbabweans that they would be lost if they failed to re-elect him, in a clarion call for them to vote for him in the upcoming election. Mr Mnangagwa also told his supporters that they would suffer if they voted for the opposition, whom …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered on August 10 the deployment of the organization’s “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger, without immediately specifying the form and the role of this deployment. The President of Nigeria Bola Tinubu, who holds the rotating presidency of ECOWAS, stressed …

At least 20 people were killed and others sustained gunshot wounds on Thursday after armed men attacked two villages in the north central state of Plateau, where violence between cattle herders and farmers is common, police said. Plateau police spokesperson Alfred Alabo said the attacks took place in the early …