France Calls For Immediate Release Of Official Arrested By Niger Junta

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that a French official has been arrested in military-run Niger, and called for the junta to immediately release him. Military officers in Niger deposed elected President Mohamed Bazoum in July and last month ordered French officials to leave the country — an order that France has refused…

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Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers  Call For Stronger Action On Gender Equality

LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting opened yesterday in The Bahamas with a call for stronger action on gender equality priorities in the face of intensifying global environmental and economic challenges.  Against the backdrop of a recent United Nations report projecting that achieving gender equality, at the current pace, may take 300…

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Nigerien Group Calls For Mass Recruitment Of Volunteers To Wade Off Possible Invasion

LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president. Residents in the capital, Niamey, are calling for the mass recruitment of volunteers to assist the army in the face of a growing threat by the West African regional…

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Amnesty Calls For Immediate Release Of  Tazanian Govt Critics Of UAE Port Deal With Tazania

 LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tanzanian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Willibrod Slaa, former parliamentarian and Tanzanian Ambassador to Sweden, Boniface Mwabukusi, a lawyer and activist, and Mdude Nyagali, a political activist, all of whom were arrested between 12 and 13 August simply for criticizing a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates…

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US President Calls On Coup Leaders To  Immediately Release  Niger’s President

LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called for the immediate release of Niger’s democratically elected head-of-state amid an apparent coup there. Biden released the statement on the 63rd anniversary of Niger’s independence from its former colonial ruler, warning that the West African nation is now “facing a grave challenge to its democracy.”…

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