Africa
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the President of Egypt, has been re-elected for a third term with an overwhelming majority of 89.6% of the votes. This comes as no surprise, as the election was held with a limited number of candidates, and al-Sisi, a former army chief known for focusing on
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Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the president of the transition in Burkina Faso, recently made changes to his government, specifically in the position of the head of diplomacy. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivia Rouamba, who has been in office since March 2022 before Captain Traoré assumed power, has been replaced by
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In Niamey on Wednesday, December 13, the United States expressed its willingness to resume collaboration with Niger, as long as the military regime, which took control in a coup in July, agrees to a swift transition. Following the coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, Washington halted its
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The United Kingdom's development finance institution, the British International Investment (BII), has revealed its intention to invest $15 million in equity in Valency International, an agricultural commodities trading house headquartered in Singapore. The investment aims to support the expansion of processing and warehouse infrastructure in Nigeria. BII stated
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General Abdourahamane Tiani, the leader of the military regime in Niger, has announced that the marketing of Nigerien crude oil on the global market will commence in January. He stated in a televised interview that the transportation of crude oil to the Atlantic Ocean is already in progress and that
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During the 64th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Abuja on Sunday, December 10, President Bola Tinubu chaired a meeting where it was decided that talks with the military junta in Niger Republic would be resumed. A committee of heads of state
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Thursday, December 7, dismissed Niger's junta's plea to lift sanctions imposed by neighboring countries. The court declared the junta unconstitutional, hence invalidating their authority to make such a request. After the July coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, ECOWAS, the
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Mauritania and Chad acknowledge and honor the independent decision of Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the G5 Sahel alliance, in line with Mali's previous announcement of withdrawal. This paved the way for the dissolution of the established alliance in 2014 to address jihadism and other challenges
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James Cleverly, the British Home Secretary, has approved a new treaty to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda following the ruling of the UK's highest court that deemed the deportation program illegal. Cleverly journeyed to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, and signed the agreement alongside Vincent Biruta, the Rwandan
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A delegation from Russia headed by Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, held a meeting with military leaders in Niamey on Monday, December 4. This was revealed by the Nigerien authorities on national radio. This visit marks the first official visit by a Russian government member since the coup in
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On Saturday, December 2, the military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger announced their decision to withdraw from the G5 anti-jihadi force in the Sahel region of Africa. This move further weakens efforts to combat insurgents in this troubled area. The G5, established in 2014, has not achieved significant success,
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On Thursday, November 30th, President Joe Biden welcomed the Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço to the Oval Office to reinforce his dedication to Africa, despite the ongoing conflicts that dominate his administration's foreign policy agenda. The meeting at the White House comes after Angola decided to establish