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G20 leaders paper over serious divisions on Ukraine and climate change
G20 leaders papered over deep divisions on the war in Ukraine and tackling climate change Saturday, avoiding direct criticism of Moscow and any concrete pledge to phase out polluting fossil fuels.…
Niger Military Coup: West African Leaders Hold Meet to Address Crisis, Mull Sanctions – News18
Last Updated: July 30, 2023, 12:46 ISTNiger Army spokesman Colonel Major Amadou Adramane speaks during an appearance on national television, after President Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace, in Niamey, Niger, July 26,…
South Africa Opposition Urges BRICS Leaders to Boycott Summit to Support Putin – News18
Last Updated: July 30, 2023, 09:54 ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin. (File photo/AP)South Africa's EFF leader calls for BRICS summit boycott in solidarity with Putin. ANC corruption and US AGOA threats under scrutinySouth Africa’s…
France cuts off aid to Niger amid growing Western condemnation of coup
The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president,…
Modi writes to G20 leaders on full membership for African Union at New Delhi summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken an initiative in enhancing Africa’s voice on the international stage and in shaping the future of our shared world. He has written to G20 counterparts to propose that the African Union be given full…
More than 50 Ugandan peacekeepers killed in Al Shabaab attack in Somalia, president says
Some 54 Ugandan peacekeepers died when militants besieged an African Union base in Somalia last week, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said, in one of the worst recent attacks by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the war-torn country.…
Death toll from Sudan fighting tops 180 as clashes in Khartoum enter third day
As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for…
Sudan’s power struggle an ‘existential’ tussle between two generals, two armies
Mounting tension between Sudan’s two most powerful generals, each backed by a formidable force, has boiled over into open conflict just 18 months after they conspired to derail the country’s transition to democracy…