Africa

In late August 2023, French ambassador Sylvain Itte was directed to leave Niger by the country's new self-proclaimed leader Abdourahamane Tchiani.

According to data from the US Geological Survey, the earthquake's epicentre was situated 71 kilometres southwest of the renowned tourist destination Marrakesh in Morocco.

Gabon became the third African nation after Burkina Faso and Niger to see a change of guard through a military coup in 2023.

A police spokesperson in the southern Delta state on Tuesday told reporters that 67 people will be prosecuted for “allegedly conducting and attending a same-sex wedding ceremony.”

Niger junta have warned that they’d kill deposed president if there is any military intervention

Victoria Nuland was allowed to meet only the new military chief of staff  Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, not the new leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani or the deposed President Bazoum.

Gavi, the vaccine alliance, to provide 18 million doses of malaria vaccine to African countries. Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India are going to be the manufacturers in the global effort.

The first IIT campus outside India will be set up in Tanzania's Zanzibar

Expressing their displeasure through the Twitter hashtag #StopChineseIllegalMining, the protesters stated that Chinese miners have made themselves lords of the Nigerian natural resources which belong to the people and government. 

Slain politician Charles Okello Engola was the deputy minister for gender and labour in Uganda. Earlier he had also served as the defence minister of Uganda.