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Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.

Al Jazeera

Rivalry among Boko Haram factions compounds violence in northern Nigeria

Splits within the armed group have led to factions setting up bases across northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region.

Al Jazeera

Marie-Laure de Decker obituary

Photojournalist who reported from war zones with a compassionate eye for the victims of conflict

The Guardian - UK

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Up First briefing: Sudan's humanitarian crisis; Texas floating border; office jargon

The U.N. says 400,000 have fled from Sudan to Chad. A judge rules floating border barrier in Texas must be removed. Circling back to the most annoying office jargon.

WEKU

Sudanese refugees in Chad scramble to survive

As the refugee crisis in Chad continues to grow, international attention on the situation remains limited in the face of numerous other global humanitarian challenges.

WEKU

U.S. imposes sanctions on Sudanese paramilitary leader; boosts humanitarian aid

The U.S sanctioned Sudanese paramilitary commander Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo over human rights abuses, while also announcing over $160 million in humanitarian aid for Sudan.

WEKU

France in Africa: why Macron's policies increased distrust and anger

French west Africa has experienced five coups in the past three years. Underpinning most of these coups is hostility towards France, a former colonial authority. Mohamed Bazoum of Niger’s downfall in July 2023 comes after coups in Mali in August 2020, Chad in April 2021, Burkina Faso in September 2022…

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Niger's coup weakens regional fight against Boko Haram: four reasons why

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum was detained and deposed on 26 July by his military guard under the command of General Abdourahamane Tchiani.

The Conversation

Libya’s LNA launches operations against Chad rebels along border

Civil unrest in Libya has seen rival leaders forge alliances with rebel factions in neighbouring Chad and Sudan.

Al Jazeera

Junta's prime minister says Niger is 'in a process of transition'

Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, the former finance minister installed as prime minister by Niger's military junta, says the country is in transition and will insist on its independence. He was speaking on a visit to Chad, where he met the president.

Radio France Internationale

Niger junta says open to talks

On today’s show we bring you the latest from Niger. The military-appointed prime minister made an unannounced visit to neighbouring Chad for ‘a working visit’. This as junta said that it was open to talks to resolve the regional crisis. Ecowas’ military chiefs meanwhile will meet on Thursday to discuss…

France 24

Military coups in Africa: here's what determines a return to civilian rule

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

The Conversation

Six-year-old African girl suffering from accidental corrosive ingestion successfully treated at Bengaluru hospital

A six-year-old girl, a native of Chad in Africa, whose food pipe got damaged after she accidentally consumed an acidic floor cleaning liquid, has got a new lease of life following successful treatment at a private hospital in the city.

The Hindu

First image of Niger’s ousted president appears online

Mohamed Bazoum, pictured with president of Chad, believed to be being held at presidential residence

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Salon

Sudan: The other war from hell

With the world's attention focused on Ukraine, almost no one has noticed a devastating civil war in Africa

The Conversation

Niger coup: Military takeover is a setback for democracy and US interests in West Africa

The West African nation Niger is under military rule following a coup in which President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown and held captive by members of his own guard.

The Independent UK

Niger adds to growing list of countries in the Sahel run by the military

Mutinuous soldiers in Niger have overthrown the nation's democratically elected government, adding it to a growing list of countries in West Africa's Sahel region where military regimes rule

The Guardian - UK

Jay-Jay Okocha watches on as football fans return in Chad after four years

Naïr Abakar has relaunched the African nation’s league and is planning for a brighter future with help from famous friends

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Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages

Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades ago

Al Jazeera

With no end to the fighting, Sudanese find refuge at camps in Chad

The Sudanese state has turned on itself, leaving humanitarian workers to help civilians trying to survive.

Al Jazeera

Sudan civilians reportedly killed in Darfur fighting

The fighting between army and the paramilitary forces in Darfur region prompts thousands to flee into neighbouring Chad.

The Hindu

President Murmu accepts credentials from envoys of five nations

President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from envoys of five nations, including Chad and Finland, at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

The Independent UK

Calls for UK to act over violence tearing Sudan apart as mass grave found in Darfur: ‘We are doing nothing’

Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago

Radio France Internationale

Egypt and Sudan's international partners try to stop the civil war

Leaders from Sudan’s seven neighboring countries agreed on Thursday in Cairo to a new Egyptian-led initiative seeking to resolve the deepening conflict in the African country.

Radio France Internationale

Chad braces for thousands of refugees fleeing 'incredible violence' in Sudan

Since April, more than 170,000 people have fled Sudan across the Chadian border, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. As the conflict in Sudan enters its 13th week with no resolution in sight, the agency's staff in Chad only foresee more people coming.

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