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Guinea stadium stampede kills 56 people following clashes at soccer match, authorities say

Dec. 02, 2024 08:59 AM EST

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — At least 56 people, including children, have died after fans at a soccer game in Guinea allegedly clashed over a disputed call by the referee, authorities said Monday. The stampede broke out on Sunday afternoon at the stadium in the city of Nzerekore during...

Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push their latest anti-imperialism drive

Nov. 21, 2024 19:20 PM EST

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, with music and cultural displays, to condemn what they called the West's imperialist agenda and to drive support for their military regimes. ...

At least 7 members of Nigerian security force missing after insurgents ambush convoy

Nov. 20, 2024 11:08 AM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least seven members of a Nigerian government protection agency are missing after their convoy was attacked by Boko Haram insurgents in north-central Nigeria, authorities said. A team of 80 security operatives tasked with protecting the power network were...

Niger junta bans French aid group amid tensions with France

Nov. 13, 2024 09:18 AM EST

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger's military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with France. The Ministry of the Interior signed a decree on Tuesday withdrawing the nonprofit...

Hama Amadou, Niger’s former prime minister and emblematic opposition figure, dies at 74

Oct. 24, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's former Prime Minister Hama Amadou died in a hospital in the country's capital, Niamey, after years of suffering from medical problems, a former deputy and close friend said Thursday. He was 74. The cause of death was not disclosed. ...

Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis

Sep. 26, 2024 08:37 AM EDT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into what they called his “apology of terrorism” and “complicity” in alleged terrorist acts, in the latest...

'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

Sep. 20, 2024 07:16 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam. Corpses of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies on what used to be main streets. As...

US military completes withdrawal from junta-ruled Niger

Sep. 16, 2024 15:13 PM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Niger is complete, an American official said Monday. A small number of military personnel assigned to guard the U.S. Embassy remain, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters. Earlier this year,...

Fuel tanker collision in Nigeria caused an explosion that killed at least 48 people

Sep. 10, 2024 01:27 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the country’s emergency response agency said. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state...