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The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president-designate of the upcoming COP28 summit, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said on Tuesday. Al Jaber said this just as African leaders called for changes to what they say…
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The African Union (AU) has suspended Gabon’s membership in the wake of the coup in the Central African country. AU’s Peace and Security Council said on Thursday evening that it strongly condemned the take-over of power by the military…
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A fire that engulfed a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed more than 70 people including children in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 52 were injured in…
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Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, was declared the winner. The…
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Gabonese citizens have taken to the streets to express their support for the military coup that deposed their president, Ali Bongo. The coup occurred in the early hours of today, Wednesday after Ali Bongo was declared winner of the…
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Gabonese army officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions on Wednesday morning announced on national television why they are taking over power from President Ali Bongo in the country. The…
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The military rulers who seized control in Niamey on July 26 have given the French ambassador 48 hours to leave Niger, the country’s minister of foreign affairs said in a statement Friday. Faced with “the refusal of the French ambassador…
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The African Union (AU) has announced the suspension of Niger Republic from all its activities until power is relinquished to ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. Bazoum was deposed in a military coup on July 26 and has remained in custody.…
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France’s army on Tuesday denied it had asked Algeria to use its airspace for a military operation in Niger after an Algerian state radio report late on Monday said such permission had been refused. Algerian state radio, which usually…
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Somalia’s government has banned social media sites TikTok and Telegram, as well as an online betting app, claiming that they were being used by “terrorists” to promote propaganda. The move comes ahead of the much-anticipated second phase…
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