Gabon Military Takes Power in Eighth Coup in West and Central Africa Since 2020
On August 30, officers of the Gabonese Armed Forces declared that they had seized power in a military coup, placing Gabonese President Ali Bongo under house arrest, along with his family and doctors....
View ArticleThousands Rally Demanding French Troops Pull Out of Niger
France has refused to comply with the protesters’ demands to withdraw its forces, arguing that agreements were signed with the “legitimate” regime of ousted Nigerien leader Mohamed Bazoum. ... The post...
View ArticleChina Hopes to Mediate Niger Crisis: Ambassador
On September 4, Jiang Feng, China’s ambassador to Niger, declared Beijing’s plans to bring about a peaceful resolution to the Niger crisis, following a coup in July that deposed President Mohamed...
View ArticleG20 Poised to Admit African Union
Leaders of the G20 group of advanced economies have decided to accept the African Union (AU) as a permanent member in the organization, based on various media reports before this week’s summit in New...
View ArticleAfrican States Sign Sahel Security Pact to Counter External Interference
The military governments of three African states, which all ousted their Western-backed leaders in recent years, have decided to help each other, individually or collectively, to counter external...
View ArticleOutrage Over White Woman Being Named Miss Universe Zimbabwe
The Miss Universe pageant, which has been mired in contention over biological men competing alongside women, found a new controversy to be embroiled in when Brooke Bruk-Jackson, a 21-year-old...
View ArticleFrance Declares It Is Withdrawing From Niger
During an interview with TF1 and France 2 on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that 1,500 French military personnel presently based in post-coup Niger would leave the country by the end...
View ArticleSouth Africa to Miss Paris Agreement Climate Goal; Will Continue to Use Coal...
South African government officials told Reuters last week that they expect to miss the nation’s binding carbon-emissions target under the Paris climate accord. The Cape Town government had agreed to...
View ArticleWHO Paid Sexual-abuse Victims in Congo Just $250 Apiece
The World Health Organization (WHO) has paid some of its Congolese victims of sexual abuse a mere $250 apiece — and even that came with strings attached. “To address the biggest known sex scandal in...
View ArticleSouth Africa Pressures ICC to Charge Israel With War Crimes
On December 18, South Africa submitted all requisite paperwork to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to charge Israel with war crimes over the latter’s operations in Gaza, President Cyril Ramaphosa...
View ArticleBurundi’s President Calls for Public Execution of Homosexuals
During a press conference on December 29, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye urged for homosexual couples to be publicly stoned, even suggesting the country’s population could help mete out the...
View ArticleAs Christians Are Slaughtered “for Sport,” Biden Says Nothing
The Hamas terrorist massacre on October 7 in Israel has been big news. Understandably, too. Yet thousands of Christians have also been killed for their faith just this year, with perhaps 200 murdered...
View ArticleSudan Remains Gripped by War As Rival Military Factions Vie for Power
In Sudan, tens of thousands have died and millions have been displaced in a conflict that sees foreign powers like Egypt and UAE picking sides. ... The post Sudan Remains Gripped by War As Rival...
View ArticleWhile Some Blame Climate Change, Nigerian Priest Decries “Genocide” of...
At the International Religious Freedom Summit, now occurring in Washington, D.C., a Nigerian Catholic priest is shedding light on the ongoing massacre of Christians being perpetrated by Islamic...
View ArticleEU Resolution Blames Climate Change for Massacre of Nigerian Christians
Earlier this month, the European Parliament issued an official condemnation of the violent Christmas attacks in Nigeria’s Central Plateau region, which killed nearly 200 Christians in yet another...
View ArticleAfrican Farmer Attacked by BBC for “Denial of Man-made Climate Change”
Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu is exactly the type of person the climate cult likes to exploit: a small-scale farmer in Africa. Climate zealots like to proclaim that those in the Third World are uniquely...
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