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World
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Africa
8/19/2023 5:34:11 PM
A delegation from West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in Niger on Saturday for talks with the military officers who have seized power, sources close to the organisation and ousted President Mohamed Bazoum told AFP.
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World
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Region
8/17/2023 6:46:47 PM
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki on Thursday called for an immediate end to all hostilities in Libya.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/16/2023 9:35:00 PM
How much longer can the peoples of the African Sahel region endure its succession of coups and civil wars?
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Opinion
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Opinion
8/16/2023 11:57:00 AM
The deteriorating security situation in the African Sahel region underscores the need to re-evaluate the military and security strategies of its countries
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/15/2023 9:46:28 PM
Recent developments in Niger and other West African countries should act as a wake-up call to the Western countries to reassess their priorities in the region.
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World
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Africa
8/14/2023 9:04:41 PM
The African Union (AU) on Monday held talks on the Niger crisis as the country's post-coup rulers sounded defiance yet also pointed to diplomacy for a potential solution.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
8/14/2023 1:58:30 PM
In a rare televised speech Monday, the head of Sudan's military accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes as all-out civil war threatens to engulf the northeast African country.
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World
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Africa
8/14/2023 10:08:57 AM
Niger's military regime vowed late Sunday to prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum for "high treason" and slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country.
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World
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Africa
8/13/2023 10:08:37 PM
The leader of Niger's military regime is ready to consider a diplomatic solution to its stand-off with West African bloc ECOWAS, the head of a religious delegation of mediators said Sunday.
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World
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Region
8/13/2023 8:08:40 PM
Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North African country's meteorological service said Sunday amid a scorching heatwave.
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World
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Region
8/13/2023 11:02:24 AM
Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to stave off a challenge from the political opposition.
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World
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Africa
8/12/2023 7:29:57 PM
Niger's detained president was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said, amid mounting concern for his condition, while West Africa's regional bloc scrapped a crisis meeting on the coup that deposed him.
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World
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Region
8/12/2023 1:29:25 PM
At least two Tunisians including a baby died when their Europe-bound boat sank Saturday off the North African country's southeastern shores, the coastguard said, adding five others were missing.
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World
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Africa
8/11/2023 6:44:14 PM
As both the UN rights chief and the African Union expressed alarm regarding the worsening detention conditions of deposed Niger president Mohamed Bazoum, West African military chiefs are scheduled to convene on Saturday after a summit mandated the deployment of a "standby force" to address the crisis.
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World
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Region
8/11/2023 1:27:39 PM
Tensions are escalating between Niger's new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger's flailing democracy.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2023 5:21:06 PM
West African leaders on Thursday said they firmly supported diplomacy in the search to end the crisis in Niger, stepping back from a threat to intervene militarily in the coup-stricken country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/9/2023 9:01:00 PM
While the old colonial power, France, maintains a military presence in Niger, along with the United States, this did not save the African nation from the recent upheavals taking place in the African continent
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World
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Africa
8/9/2023 7:16:16 PM
Kenya's government and the opposition launched fresh talks Wednesday aimed at resolving a bitter political feud following a spate of violent protests over the high cost of living and calls for electoral reforms.
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World
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Africa
8/9/2023 10:34:46 AM
Coup-hit Niger's neighbours have not ruled out military intervention, Nigeria's president said, ahead of a West African coalition's crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/8/2023 9:22:00 PM
The West African states of Mali and Burkina Faso share a heavy legacy of military coups in their fight against terrorism and political instability.
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