Moscow on Sunday said its military forces shot down two drones overnight on Sunday in two regions bordering Ukraine. The news came after Ukraine said… Read More »🔴 Live: Russia downs drones over two regions bordering Ukraine
As Parisians return from their summer holidays and get back to work or school (a period known in France as “la rentrée”), the City of… Read More »Paris exhibits to see this autumn, from Bollywood to Chagall and Picasso
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office, election officials said Saturday, but the opposition rejected the result of a vote that international… Read More »Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term in controversial vote
The BBC’s Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts.
Mnangagwa is only Zimbabwe’s second president, after he outmanoeuvred long-time ruler Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup.
Gabon’s government blocked internet access and imposed a curfew on Saturday after a general election marked by major voting delays, as the opposition cried foul… Read More »Gabon blocks internet access, imposes curfew amid election voting delays
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Niamey Saturday in support of last month’s coup, a day after the country’s new military rulers gave France’s… Read More »Tens of thousands of Niger coup supporters rally after French ambassador ordered to leave
China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other… Read More »Friends at any price: China seeks allies, arms markets in West Africa as French influence wanes
Many homes are without electricity since Friday and Nairobi’s main airport was plunged into darkness.
The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document… Read More »Niger junta orders troops on maximum alert in case of attack
