Suicide bombing kills 10 in African state
The bomber struck as young men queued to enlist at military base in Somalia A view of slippers outside a military camp after a suicide bomber blew himself in Somalia…
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Niger seizes equipment from French uranium miner – Reuters
The move on Monday comes months after the African state’s government revoked Orano’s operating license FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images/HJBC Niger’s security forces have raided the offices of French state-owned…
International car-smuggling ring exposed in Africa
Most of the cars were reportedly stolen in Canada and EU countries before being smuggled © INTERPOL Interpol has located around 150 stolen vehicles and seized 75 as the result…
Niger drops French as official language
The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris © X / @NIGER_CNSP Niger’s transitional government has declared Hausa the national language, demoting French to a ‘working language’. The move…
More African states quit French union
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger claim the International Organization of Francophone Nations is a tool for “political manipulation” © X/@NIGER_CNSP Burkina Faso and Mali have withdrawn from the International Organization…
African state quits French union
Niger has previously accused the International Organization of Francophone Nations of being a political tool for a former colonial power © X/@NIGER_CNSP Niger has withdrawn from the global French-speaking group…
Ghana attempts to restore ties between regional bloc and breakaway states
The West African nation’s president has held talks with the leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger on their withdrawal from ECOWAS © Facebook/John Dramani Mahama Ghanaian President John Dramani…
West African bloc members call for breakaway states to return
During a visit to Ivory Coast, Ghana’s president promised to mediate the return of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to ECOWAS © Facebook / Alassane Ouattara Ghanaian President John Dramani…
France leaves another military base in Africa
The move in Ivory Coast comes just a week after Paris agreed to withdraw troops from neighboring Senegal by the end of the year FILE PHOTO: French 43rd BIMA patrolling…
Over 50 people killed in convoy ambush in northeast Mali, sources say
More than 50 people were killed near Mali’s northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said,…