LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years of marriage, marking an end to an unusually high-profile partnership for a leader from the country. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, 48, a former television reporter in her home province of Quebec, has been on the campaign trail with Trudeau,…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup last week, visited Mali on Wednesday, according to the Mali presidency, amid speculation of a possible interest in the Wagner mercenary group, which has a presence in the country. Mali’s transitional president, Assimi Goïta, hosted Mody and…
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…
