Gabon Military Officers. Credit Photo/AFP By Reuters A group of senior military officers in Gabon claimed they had seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, minutes after the Central African state’s election body announced that President Ali Bongo had won a third term. The officers said on television channel Gabon 24 that they represented

By Anadolu Agency Ground penetrating radar has unearthed 79 potential children’s graves and those that may be of 14 infants at the former Beauval Indian Residential School in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, English River First Nation said Tuesday. “This is not a final number. It breaks my heart that there are likely more,” English

The government of Somalia has signed a $92.6 million development agreement with the United States government to promote resilience, stability, economic growth, and governance. The minister of planning of the government of Somalia, Mohamoud Abdirahman, one of the ministers who signed this agreement, said that this economic agreement is important for the recovery of the

By Xinhua News Agency The African Union and United Nations officials have called on Somalia to ensure that the hard-won security gains thus far are not jeopardized as the AU forces continue with the drawdown in the country. Acting head of the AU peace support operations division Zinurine Alghali called on all stakeholders to ensure

By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia soon to discuss the collapsed United Nations deal that had allowed Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain, a spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling AK Party said on Monday. The UN- and Turkey-brokered deal lasted a year but ended last month after Moscow quit. Ankara is seeking to

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger Reuters/Balima Boureima/File Photo By XINHUA The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) is climbing down from the initial peak of military intervention in Niger, seeing instead a possibility of diplomatic solution. Since July 26, Niger has been in the eye

By Anadolu Agency France plans to ban the abaya, a long loose-fitting overgarment worn by some Muslim women, on school grounds, the country’s education minister said on Sunday. Gabriel Attal told broadcaster TF1 that the government intends to convey “clear rules” on the matter to school officials across the country. Attal also said he wanted

Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling ZANU-PF party attend the party’s last rally in Shurugwi, located in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, August 19, 2023. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko By Reuters Zimbabwe’s elections commission said late on Saturday that incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa had won this week’s presidential election with roughly 53% of the vote, but the opposition

Residents gather for a prayer near the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) By The Associated Press A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in

By Anadolu Agency Niger’s military administration on Friday gave the German, US and Nigerian ambassadors 48 hours to leave the country. “In reaction to German Ambassador Olivier Schnakenberg’s refusal to reply to an invitation by the ministry for a discussion on Friday August 25 at 11.00 a.m., and due to other actions of the German