The Foreign Affairs Ministry in Germany has thrown its weight behind the European Union (EU) sanctions against the Niger Republic military junta. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss the Niger situation, including sanctions, at a meeting in Toledo, Spain, on 31st August 2023. The EU, one of the biggest providers of aid to Niger, said last month it was …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that 36 officers were killed in the ambush of troops in Niger State following an helicopter crash on Monday. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this on Thursday During the biweekly briefing of the Defence Media Operations on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba …

A jury in New Zealand found a South African woman guilty on Wednesday of murdering her three young daughters, saying she faced a life sentence for each killing. Lauren Anne Dickason killed her two-year-old twins and their six-year-old sister in September 2021 at their home in Timaru, a city on the South Island, about a month after the family had …

A grand jury seated in Georgia has indicted former President of the United States, Donald Trump, for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 US elections. On Monday, Trump was charged alongside 18 others on 41 counts of felony racketeering and several other conspiracy charges. Lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith, and other associates were …

A Niamey court on Monday scrapped a nine-month jail sentence handed to Abdoulaye Seydou, head of a leading activist group that supports the ruling military, his entourage said. Members of Niger’s presidential guard seized power in a coup late last month. Seydou, head of the M62 group, had been behind bars for seven months in a case involving an army …

The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in northern China has risen sharply to at least 21, authorities said on Sunday, with six others missing. China has faced deadly floods and historic rainfall in recent weeks, with dozens killed in storms in the northern part of the country. “Twenty-one people were found dead so far, and six …

Prosecutors in the Atlanta-area, United States, who are investigating alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of former President Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources have told CNN. Fulton County District Attorney, Fani Willis is expected to seek …

A leader in the ruling All Progressives Congress, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has appealed to President Bola Tinubu President, who is also Chairman of the Authority of Heads of Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to have a rethink on the decision to commit Nigeria troops to the invasion of Niger Republic in pursuant of the regional …

Six people have died following an incident involving a small boat in the channel early on Saturday, French maritime officials have said. Some passengers are still missing, and about 50 migrants were rescued, some of them by the British vessels, the authorities said, after earlier reporting one person had died. Two British ships and several French vessels have been involved …

The fighting in Sudan has caused a severe hunger crisis for 20.3 million people according to a statement from the United Nations World Food Programme on Friday. Of the country’s 46 million inhabitants, some 6.3 million people are suffering from life-threatening food shortages, said Eddie Rowe, the World Food Programme representative in Sudan. Since the outbreak of fighting in April, …