Category: Rest of Africa

"Members of the elite guard sealed off access to the president's residence and offices in the capital Niamey, and after talks broke down, refused to release him," a presidential source said.

"We are dying. We are dying by the minute," a Nigerian who wanted to be identified only by his first name, George, told AFP.

Summary In February 2022, the Ethiopian dam started producing electricity. While Ethiopia and other upstream riparian states see these two treaties as colonial anachronisms that have no relevance to modern Nile governance, Egypt and Sudan insist that they are binding. Ethiopia’s right to water for agriculture and...

"The charge d'affaires at the Swedish embassy in Cairo was informed of the Egyptian government and people's complete rejection of the unfortunate, repeated incidents of copies of the Holy Quran being burnt or desecrated in Sweden," a foreign ministry statement said.

The inflation-ravaged and heavily indebted country reached a tentative deal for the loan from the Washington-based IMF in October.

The landlocked West African state is one of the most unstable nations in the world, experiencing four coups since independence from France in 1960 as well as numerous other attempts on power.

<p>General Yasir Alatta, the Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), in an address to the media on Sunday, accused President Ruto of “being a mercenary for another country”—which he did not name. Nairobi has denied taking sides in the conflict.</p>

The government has rebuffed the criticism, saying the bill is not going to result in job losses and only seeks to promote diversity in what the World Bank says is the world's most unequal country.

The situation is particularly dire at the border town of Wadi Halfa—a city in the Northern state of Sudan near the border with Egypt.

The officials: Defence Minister Sadio Camara, an influential member of the junta and right-hand man of its leader and President Assimi Goita; Air Force Chief of Staff Alou Boi Diarra; and Deputy Chief of Staff Adama Bagayoko, are accused of having worked closely with the...