Tue 01 August 2023: Days after President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed by members of his presidential guard, at least four European nations on Tuesday said that preparations to remove their citizens from Niger were under way. The German foreign ministry said in a statement that the French had “offered, within the limits of available capacity, […]
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Tue 01 August 2023: Taliban leaders have met officials from the United States in Qatar for the first time since their return to power in Afghanistan two years ago. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that the two sides discussed confidence-building measures during the two-day talks, including the lifting […]
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The leader of the Malian military junta, Colonel Assimi Goita (Left) with the president of the transitional government of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré (Right). File Photo. Tue 01 August 2023: Any military action against the leaders of last week’s coup in Niger would be viewed as a “declaration of war,” according to the […]
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Tue 01 August 2023: Myanmar’s military junta on Tuesday pardoned imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to local media reports. She is appealing the convictions for the 19 offences, which range from incitement and election fraud to corruption. She denied all of the charges. According to Myanmar Now, the former president Win Myint will […]
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Tue 01 August 2023: “Any attack by the Wagner Group will be seen as an attack by the Russian government,” US Ambassador to the UN has said answering a question about concerns over the potential actions by Russian-linked mercenaries against Poland. Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the remarks while briefing reporters in New York on various issues […]
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General Abdourahmane Tchiani (second from right), who was declared Niger’s new head of state by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger on July 28, 2023 Mon 31 July 2023: A planned 30 billion CFA franc ($51m) bond issuance by Niger scheduled for Monday in the West African regional […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: At least nine people have died and scores more have been injured in fighting over the course of three days between rival armed groups inside Lebanon’s largest camp for Palestinian refugees, according to officials. While Lebanese and Palestinian efforts to mediate a ceasefire failed, the region around the Ein el-Hilweh camp, […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: As Pakistan held funerals and the government vowed to find those responsible for the attack, the dead toll from a large suicide bombing that targeted an electoral rally for a pro-Taliban Muslim lawmaker reached 54. Although no one immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack, which left almost 200 others injured as […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: People in Niamey, the Niger Republic’s main city, flocked to the streets in response to the coup, which sparked an anti-French campaign against colonialism. In front of the Embassy, thousands of demonstrators gathered to voice their disapproval. It attracted attention as some protesters carried banners and sang pro-Russian slogans among the […]
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Mon 31 July 2023: Analysts say accessibility and affordability, coupled with political and economic crisis, are behind Pakistan’s ranking. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has been ranked 99th out of 129 nations in a Global Hunger Index (GHI) report which described its level of hunger as “serious”. The fourth edition of the report, […]
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