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World
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Africa
9/19/2023 8:40:49 PM
Burkina Faso's transitional legislature on Tuesday approved a law authorising the dispatch of troops to neighbouring Niger, which faces threatened military intervention to restore civilian rule following a coup.
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Sports
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Africa
9/19/2023 3:23:15 PM
World Cup history makers Morocco will host minnows Eritrea -- 181 places lower in the FIFA rankings -- when they start their quest for a place at the 2026 tournament.
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World
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Africa
9/16/2023 8:46:09 PM
The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako.
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World
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Africa
9/15/2023 10:36:16 PM
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France's envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission.
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World
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Africa
9/14/2023 11:53:14 AM
A French official detained in Niger last week has been released, the French government said Thursday. The arrest heightened tensions between France and Niger, where military officers deposed an elected president last month and ordered French officials to leave.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/12/2023 8:04:27 PM
recent events in Africa should be approached from another perspective: the struggle for freedom from foreign control over the countries’ natural resources and economic potential.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/6/2023 9:59:00 AM
"Whether in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger or Gabon, one key reason behind the popular support for recent coups is that many African peoples have grown frustrated with the status quo and the way the ruling elites have functioned for decades, leading to more poverty, suffering and waves of refugees who would rather die trying to emigrate than stay home, jobless and poor."
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World
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Africa
9/4/2023 9:54:17 PM
Niger's military-appointed prime minister on Monday said he saw hopes of a deal with the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has threatened to use force to restore civilian rule after a coup in July.
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Sports
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Africa
9/2/2023 7:04:48 PM
Nigeria striker Victor Boniface scored in each half to help Bayer Leverkusen to a 5-1 victory over promoted Darmstadt on Saturday, sending his side top of the Bundesliga.
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World
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Africa
9/2/2023 5:33:08 PM
Thousands rallied Saturday in the Niger capital Niamey to demand that former colonial ruler France withdraw its troops as sought by a junta which seized power in June.
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World
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Africa
9/1/2023 7:38:32 PM
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday floated the idea of a transition back to democracy in neighbouring Niger similar to the nine-month period his country underwent in the late 1990s.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/31/2023 7:52:00 PM
Niger’s insistence on expelling the French ambassador may pose substantial threats to the West African country as well as its neighbours.
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World
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Africa
8/31/2023 4:11:24 PM
Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the country, according to a statement from the military regime.
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World
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Africa
8/31/2023 2:16:13 PM
European Union ministers expressed deep concern Thursday at the growing number of military coups across Africa as the bloc draws up sanctions targeting the junta in Niger which overthrew an elected government a month ago.
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World
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Africa
8/31/2023 12:15:07 PM
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell noted Thursday the military coup in Gabon could not be compared to the crisis in Niger, arguing officers intervened after ousted president Ali Bongo won an unfair election.
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World
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Africa
8/30/2023 1:26:45 PM
The turbulent continent of Africa has experienced seven coups since August 2020, before army officers in the West African country said Wednesday they had deposed President Ali Bongo in Gabon.
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World
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Africa
8/29/2023 9:56:28 PM
Algeria's foreign minister on Tuesday proposed a six-month transitional plan for neighbouring Niger, whose coup leader seeks a far longer timeline back to democracy.
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World
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Africa
8/29/2023 3:57:52 PM
The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime risk triggering "catastrophic" humanitarian effects.
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World
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Africa
8/28/2023 1:58:21 PM
France's ambassador to Niger is still in the coup-hit Sahel country despite an ultimatum from the new army leaders to leave his post, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.
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World
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Africa
8/27/2023 11:00:23 PM
Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Niger in support of last month's coup, a few hours before the deadline given to France's ambassador in an ultimatum to leave the country.
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