Humanitarian organizations issued a warning on Tuesday, urging swift international intervention.

South Africa’s unemployment rate declines to 32.6% in second quarter

UN warns of escalating situation in Sudan after four months of conflict

ECOWAS military chiefs to discuss Niger crisis this week

Sudanese civil aviation authority reopens eastern airspace for global navigation

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced that 65 soldiers and officers from the Sudanese army have joined their group.

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Malian Afropop star Salif Keita named advisor to junta chief

Clashes in Libyan capital bring airport to standstill

26 Nigeria troops killed in ambush, rescue helicopter crashes: military sources

A group of elephants have escaped from a park in Uganda and killed two people before destroying crops. According to police, the incident took place in Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in the western district of Kasese, around 278 kilometers (172 miles) from the capital Kampala. “The elephants moved from the park to a neighboring village called Kasandala, where they caused havoc. The government will evaluate the damage done and compensate those affected,” Kasese Resident District Commissioner Joe Walusimbi told Anadolu. A spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Bashir Hangi, confirmed the killing of people and destruction of crops by the elephants. He offered his condolences to those who lost their loved ones and promised they would be helped by the government. Kasandala village chief Augustus Muzimbi told Anadolu that the two people killed were Yoramu Mugisha, who was attacked by the elephants while working in his garden, and Deo Mujuke, who was attacked while coming back from fishing in a nearby lake. Queen Elizabeth National Park has many wild animals, making it one of the most visited national parks by tourists in the country. ​​​​​​​

South African serial child sex offender gets 12 life sentences

US dismayed over Nigerien military’s plan to try ousted president

Nigerian labor union vows to shut down country over higher fuel prices

The military administration in Niger that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum recalled the country’s ambassador in Ivory Coast on Monday for consultations, its spokesperson said. The decision followed recent remarks by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara that indicated his “eagerness” to send troops to Niger for military intervention, Col. Amadou Abdramane said on national television. Abdramane said President Ouattara’s wish was to “see this illegal and senseless aggression against Niger enforced.” At the end of a summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Aug. 10 in Nigeria, the bloc’s leaders said while diplomacy was on the table as the best approach to resolve the political crisis, the military option was on the cards, and they resolved to activate the bloc’s standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger. Briefing journalists in the Ivorian city of Abidjan after last week’s summit, President Ouattara said he had instructed the chief of staff of the Ivorian army “to start mobilizing his troops for their participation in this ECOWAS operation” and that Ivory Coast is ready to provide a battalion of 850 to 1,100 troops. On Monday, ECOWAS condemned the military administration’s plan to prosecute President Bazoum, who was ousted by military intervention on July 26, describing it as another form of provocation. On Sunday, a spokesman for Niger’s military said Bazoum would be charged with “high treason and undermining the internal and external security” of the country. Bazoum, his son and wife are reportedly being held hostage at his palace in the capital Niamey since the military intervention removed him. Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, the former commander of Niger’s presidential guard, declared himself the head of a transitional government after the military ousted Bazoum. The African Union on Monday held talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on the Niger crisis, whose outcomes are yet to be made public.

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A Nigerian Air Force MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed on Monday at about 1.00 p.m. near Chukuba Village in Niger State. A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Edward Gabkwet, said the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route to Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. He said efforts were ongoing to rescue the crew and passengers on board the helicopter while preliminary investigations have commenced to determine the probable cause of the crash.

ECOWAS condemns threat to prosecute deposed Niger president

The echoes of a tumultuous past continue to reverberate across the African continent

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A suspected air strike resulted in the death of 26 people in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

Egypt, Jordan, Palestine’s leaders hold trilateral meeting to discuss peace process

African Union meets on Niger crisis