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 (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 SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Burkina Faso army captain on Friday announced the ouster of military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and the suspension of the country’s constitution and transitional charter in a statement read on national television. Army Captain Ibrahim Traoré said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists said, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over delayed elections. The army-dominated legislature also decided that the country’s interim president cannot stand for a future democratic election, as part of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last month, legal sources said Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday determined that “Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel in the national armed forces, president of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.N. special envoy warned the 15-nation Security Council on Wednesday that “a bloodbath is imminent” in Myanmar if it does not act to curb the violent military crackdown against protesters, according to a copy of her remarks obtained by CBS News. “Looking back ten years from now, how will history judge…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 19 Myanmar police officers have crossed the border into India in the latest sign of growing dissent within the security forces and civil service officials who are opposed to the military coup. The first reported case of police fleeing the country came as one of the country’s top diplomats resigned…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African delegation visiting Mali to push for a speedy return to civilian rule following a coup said it was “very hopeful” on Saturday after meeting with the country’s military junta and the president it ousted. The head of the delegation from the regional ECOWAS bloc, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan,…