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Junta's prime minister says Niger is 'in a process of transition'

Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, the former finance minister installed as prime minister by Niger's military junta, says the country is in transition and will insist on its independence. He was speaking on a visit to Chad, where he met the president.

Radio France Internationale

Niger junta says open to talks

On today’s show we bring you the latest from Niger. The military-appointed prime minister made an unannounced visit to neighbouring Chad for ‘a working visit’. This as junta said that it was open to talks to resolve the regional crisis. Ecowas’ military chiefs meanwhile will meet on Thursday to discuss…

France 24

Military coups in Africa: here's what determines a return to civilian rule

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

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Six-year-old African girl suffering from accidental corrosive ingestion successfully treated at Bengaluru hospital

A six-year-old girl, a native of Chad in Africa, whose food pipe got damaged after she accidentally consumed an acidic floor cleaning liquid, has got a new lease of life following successful treatment at a private hospital in the city.

The Hindu

First image of Niger’s ousted president appears online

Mohamed Bazoum, pictured with president of Chad, believed to be being held at presidential residence

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: The other war from hell

With the world's attention focused on Ukraine, almost no one has noticed a devastating civil war in Africa

Salon

Niger coup: Military takeover is a setback for democracy and US interests in West Africa

The West African nation Niger is under military rule following a coup in which President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown and held captive by members of his own guard.

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Niger adds to growing list of countries in the Sahel run by the military

Mutinuous soldiers in Niger have overthrown the nation's democratically elected government, adding it to a growing list of countries in West Africa's Sahel region where military regimes rule

The Independent UK

Jay-Jay Okocha watches on as football fans return in Chad after four years

Naïr Abakar has relaunched the African nation’s league and is planning for a brighter future with help from famous friends

The Guardian - UK

Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades ago

The Independent UK

With no end to the fighting, Sudanese find refuge at camps in Chad

The Sudanese state has turned on itself, leaving humanitarian workers to help civilians trying to survive.

Al Jazeera

Sudan civilians reportedly killed in Darfur fighting

The fighting between army and the paramilitary forces in Darfur region prompts thousands to flee into neighbouring Chad.

Al Jazeera

President Murmu accepts credentials from envoys of five nations

President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from envoys of five nations, including Chad and Finland, at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Hindu

Calls for UK to act over violence tearing Sudan apart as mass grave found in Darfur: ‘We are doing nothing’

Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago

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Egypt and Sudan's international partners try to stop the civil war

Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.

Radio France Internationale

Chad braces for thousands of refugees fleeing 'incredible violence' in Sudan

Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency's staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.

The Guardian - UK

Calls for sanctions against Sudan amid genocide warnings in Darfur

British MPs have been warned of ‘systematic ethnic cleansing’ at the hands of paramilitary forces

Al Jazeera

No respite for civilians fleeing Darfur, killed while escaping

Civilians fleeing el-Geneina are being targeted as they cross into Chad, as previous ceasefire is violated.

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Sudanese civilians killed trying to flee Darfur city

Witnesses say Sudanese civilians attempting to flee by foot to Chad to escape militia attacks on a city in Darfur are being killed or shot.

Bangkok Post

Sudan warring generals agree new truce after fighting intensifies

KHARTOUM - Sudan's warring generals agreed a new 72-hour ceasefire from Sunday, US and Saudi mediators said, after fighting intensified with deadly air strikes in Khartoum and an exodus of wounded from Darfur over the border into Chad.

Al Jazeera

Sudanese continue to flee Darfur violence in dire circumstances

Thousands flock to Chad as UN calls for access to western Sudan to deliver much-needed aid amid humanitarian crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Sudan: paramilitary forces blamed for assassination of West Darfur governor

Khamis Abdallah Abbakar was murdered hours after criticising Rapid Support Forces on television

Al Jazeera

Sudan’s raging war forces more than two million from their homes

The fighting has displaced more than 1.6 million people inside Sudan, with another 530,000 fleeing to other countries.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Donald Trump to be arraigned over classified documents

The former president, who faces 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the presidency, is to make his first court appearance in the case in Miami

The Guardian - UK

Aid agencies raise alarm as solo children cross Chad border to flee Sudan fighting

Unicef says ‘more and more unaccompanied children’ among thousands of refugees streaming across 1,000km-long border

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