Category: Rest of Africa

Wairimu Nderitu said she is alarmed at the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in Afar, Amhara, Oromia and Tigray following reports of continued fighting between government troops and local militias.

Niger's military on July 26 toppled and detained the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, a Western partner in the fight against militia insurgents in the Sahel who had been hailed by President Joe Biden for his democratic credentials.

"The two countries have decided to resume diplomatic relations... following high-level contacts in recent months," the ministry said in a statement.

Ouattara signed a decree "ending the duties of the prime minister, who is the head of the government, as well as those of the members of the government", according to a statement read by Presidential Secretary General Abdourahmane Cisse.

The announcement comes a week after France's ambassador to Niamey returned home under pressure from the regime.

"Sudan reaffirms its categorical rejection of the draft resolution because it is wrong in describing what is happening in the country, and because it is prejudiced against the Sudanese Armed Forces (Saf) and does not take into account the real priorities of Sudan at this phase,"...

Patrick Herminie, the head of the United Seychelles Party who has said he plans to run in the 2025 presidential election, has denounced the move as politically motivated.

President Hichilema as chairperson of the SADC Troika on Peace and Security appointed the head of the region’s observer mission Nevers Mumba who issued a damning preliminary report on the August 23 and 24 elections. The revelations angered Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zanu-PF.

Karti, who was foreign minister from 2010 to 2015 in the government of now-deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir, is currently secretary general of the Sudanese Islamic Movement.

Haftar, who sponsors a rival administration to Libya's UN-backed government in Tripoli, has long cultivated close relations with Moscow and relies heavily on Russian mercenary group Wagner for military support.