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EPABy Francesca GillettBBC NewsNiger's ousted leader has urged the US and "entire international community" to help "restore... constitutional order" after last week's coup. In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazou..

Venue: Brisbane Stadium Date: Monday, 7 August, 08:30 BST Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app (UK only). Groups & schedule - Full coverage detailsEngland and Nigeria meet in the last ..

The UN sounded the alarm Wednesday of impending famine in Sudan, where months of war have hit food supplies and pushed nearly four million people to flee the fighting. "Over 20.3 million people, representing more than 42 percent of the population ..

Back to homepage / Shows / Eye on Africa Issued on: 02/08/2023 - 22:18 12:00 In tonight's edition: The cutting of power transmission from Nigeria to Niger puts pressure on the country as regional defence chiefs meet to work out the next s..

West African regional bloc ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) on Wednesday said it sent a delegation to Niger to negotiate with the coup leaders who seized power last week, adding that a military intervention in the junta-led country ..

AFPBy Chris EwokorBBC NewsFrance has begun evacuating its citizens from Niger amid anti-French sentiment following last week's coup. The first of three French planes sent to evacuate European citizens took off from the capital, Niamey. The coup ..

By Favour NunooBBC News, AccraThe exact location of what is thought to be the first English slave fort in Africa may have been found - the BBC has been hearing about the significance of the discovery in Ghana. Taking care, archaeologist Christopher D..

By Tchima Illa Issoufou & Beverly OchiengBBC World Service, Niamey & NairobiIn a sign of growing hostility towards the West since the coup in Niger, a businessman proudly shows off his outfit in the colours of the Russian flag in the traditional hear..

Senegal's state prosecutor Abdou Karim Diop has announced new judicial proceedings against the country's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who is currently in custody following his arrest on Friday night. Issued on: 29/07/2023 - 21:37 1..

The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Issued o..

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Marita Moloney & Tchima Illa Issoufou in NiameyBBC NewsThe EU has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country's army took power ..

General Abdourahamane Tiani, the chief of Niger's powerful presidential guard who took power after a military coup, is an army veteran who has foiled similar uprisings in the restive West African nation. Issued on: 29/07/2023 - 14:35Modified:..