LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Diplomatic and economic sanctions imposed by Niger’s neighbors in the wake of a coup are beginning to bite, as the junta begins talks with regional leaders about the political crisis, the nation’s ambassador to the US said. The “sanctions have started having an effect in Niamey as we speak,” Kiari Liman Tinguiri…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (MEWSRANGERS)-The political standoff in Sierra Leone over the rigged June 24, 2023 elections is escalating. A Disturbing rumour which had been going around that senior military officers from the North were being rounded up was confirmed today when the Sierra Leone Police released a public statement announcing that it has indeed arrested…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Major cities in Niger are facing rolling blackouts following last week’s coup in the West African country. The power shortages are a result of Nigeria cutting supplies to its northern neighbour, Niger’s electricity company Nigelec says. The West African trading bloc Ecowas has imposed sanctions on Niger over the coup but has…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The shots heard in the early hours of Tuesday in the centre of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, were “warning shots” provoked by the presence of an individual within the “security perimeter” of an airbase, a government source told AFP. “These were warning shots after an individual found himself in the security perimeter…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has barely been in power for two months but his radical reforms are already trying the patience of fellow Nigerians. Surging gasoline prices and rampant inflation following the abolition of fuel subsidies and exchange rate reform are hammering the poor in Africa’s most populous nation, where 40% of its…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu, who is at the helm of regional superpower Nigeria, regards the coup across the border in Niger as a litmus test for democracy in West Africa. Having assumed the chairmanship of regional bloc Ecowas a mere three weeks ago, he was confronted with a major foreign policy challenge when…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted an election rally in the border district of Bajaur, Pakistan, has risen to 54 as funerals are held and the government promises to hunt down those behind the attack. Nearly 200 people were wounded in Sunday’s bombing, which the ISIL (ISIS) armed group…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The military government in Niger Republic, under the leadership of General Abdourahamane Tchiani, is taking bold steps to consolidate on the Transitional regime and ward off threats of military invasion by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Accordingly, Niger on Sunday suspended export of uranium and gold to France with…