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August 10, 2023
Egypt's Inflation Rises to Record High

CAIRO — Egypt's annual headline inflation in July rose to an all-time high of 36.5%, in line with analysts' expectations, as food prices soared, data from the country's statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Thursday.
August 10, 2023
Uganda's Museveni Defiant After World Bank Suspension Over LGBTQ Law

KAMPALA — Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank's decision to suspend new funding over a harsh anti-LGBTQ law, with the nation vowing to find alternative sources of credit.
August 09, 2023
Biden Signs Executive Order Banning Certain Chinese Tech Investments

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that will narrowly prohibit certain U.S. investments in sensitive technology in China and require government notification of funding in other tech sectors.
August 09, 2023
New Movement Aims to Reinstate Niger's Ousted President

NIAMEY — A former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the junta that took power in a July 26 coup, a first sign of internal resistance to army rule in the strategically important Sahel country.
August 09, 2023
Italian Authorities Say 41 Feared Dead in Central Mediterranean Shipwreck

ROME — Italian authorities on Wednesday said 41 migrants are thought to have died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, according to accounts by survivors who have been taken to the island of Lampedusa.
August 09, 2023
Ethiopian Military Pushes Militia Back in Two Amhara Region Towns

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopian forces have pushed local militiamen out of two major towns in the Amhara region, residents said on Wednesday, in the military's first major breakthrough since fighting erupted last week.
August 08, 2023
ECOWAS: Diplomatic Solution Preferred to Niger Coup

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu and West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS, which he chairs, would prefer a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the military takeover in Niger, his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Ngelale said the bloc "would prefer a resolution that was obtained through diplomatic means, through peaceful means, rather than any other, and that will be a position that is maintained going forward." He added that this preference may change, depending on future resolutions discussed at the ECOWAS summit on Thursday.
August 08, 2023
Niger Counterterrorism Support Program Among Aid Halted

Funding for international military education and training, peacekeeping operations and foreign military financing programs supporting Niger's counterterrorism capabilities are among the assistance the United States paused after a military takeover in the country, the State Department said on Tuesday. “Approximately a million dollars in international military education and training funding, which sends Nigerien military students to the U.S. for training or peacekeeping operations, funded programs that support infrastructure training, advisory support and equipment for counterterrorism and or peacekeeping purposes,” said Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesperson. Miller told reporters that Washington is still hopeful and trying to achieve a return to constitutional order in Niger after the military takeover late last month.
August 08, 2023
France Knocks Out World Cup Debutants Morocco

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA — Eugenie Le Sommer netted a brace to lead France to a 4-0 victory over debutants Morocco in their last-16 match at the Women's World Cup, and into the quarter-finals for the third consecutive time.
August 07, 2023
Analysts: Niger President's Assertive Push for Reforms Led to Coup

NIAMEY — Niger's coup was the culmination of months of acrimony between President Mohamed Bazoum and his chief guard over the leader's attempts to emerge from the shadow of his predecessor, people familiar with the matter said.
August 07, 2023
WHO Flags India Manufactured Cough Syrup for Contaminants

The World Health Organization on Monday flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup, manufactured by an Indian company, the latest in a series of warnings by the agency about substandard medicines from the country.
August 07, 2023
Supporters of Niger Coup Storm National Stadium for Military Rally

Thousands of supporters of Niger's coup leaders stormed a stadium in Niamey Sunday, appearing unfaced by threat of military intervention from regional bloc, ECOWAS, as its ultimatum to reinstate the president expired. On Niamey's streets, there were also sporadic displays of support for but no signs of opposition to the junta, which has said it will not cave in to external pressure to stand down following the July 26 power grab. Cheers greeted every sentence of a speech delivered by a representative of the new army-led administration to the packed crowd at the stadium, who stressed the junta's determination to stay in power.
August 06, 2023
Exiled Community Plans Return to DRC Gorilla Refuge

In the forested borderlands of eastern Congo, some members of an exiled hunter-gatherer community plan to reclaim their ancestral land in a national park in protest over unmet promises from the authorities they say prioritize the rights of rare gorillas. Olivia Chan of Reuters has more.
August 01, 2023
Senegal Star Mane Joins Saudi Pro League Al-Nassr

Bayern Munich's Senegal forward Sadio Mane has joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr after one season with the Bundesliga champions, both clubs said on Tuesday.
August 01, 2023
As Rainy Season Starts Darfur Refugees in Chad Scramble for Shelter

UN estimates over 300,000 fled from Darfur to Chad since April 15
August 01, 2023
India Halts Company Linked to Cameroon Cough Syrup Deaths

NEW DELHI — The Indian government has ordered a drugmaker whose cough syrup was linked to the deaths of at least six children in Cameroon to stop manufacturing, it said on Tuesday, the fourth Indian company to face a crackdown over tainted medicines.
August 01, 2023
Russia: Expanding BRICS 'Important Topic' of Upcoming Summit

MOSCOW — The Kremlin said on Tuesday that expanding the BRICS group of nations would be a topic high on the agenda of the group's upcoming summit in Durban, South Africa.
July 31, 2023
Niger Junta: France Plots to Release Bazoum

The Niger military junta said on Monday the toppled government had authorized France to carry out strikes at the presidency to try to free Bazoum. Junta spokesman Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane said that the authorization was signed by Niger Foreign Affairs Minister Hassoumi Massoudou. "The use of digital, analog and electronic means to divulge information affecting the privacy, moral and psychological integrity of individuals, state security and national security is prohibited and punishable by penalties and imprisonment," said Abdramane, adding "offenders" will be detained and handed over to the courts.
July 31, 2023
Tinubu: Nigeria Saves Over 1 Trillion Naira Since Scrapping Fuel Subsidy

ABUJA — Nigeria has saved over 1 trillion naira ($1.32 billion) in just over two months by scrapping a popular but costly subsidy on petrol and moved to unify its multiple exchange rates, President Bola Tinubu said on Monday.
July 31, 2023
Clashes in Senegal After Opposition Leader Detained

Sporadic protests broke out in Senegal's capital Dakar on Monday as one of the key opposition figures, Ousmane Sonko, was remanded in custody on charges of plotting an insurrection, criminal conspiracy and other offenses. Sonko's supporters have been angered by the prospect that his conviction could bar him from standing in next year's presidential election.

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