Sofia Christensen
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Freelance journalist in Berlin. Previously with @ReutersAfrica in Senegal and @AFP in Johannesburg. Views my own, RTs not endorsements.
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Le correspondant de @jeune_afrique en #RDC a été placé sous mandat d’arrêt provisoire ce 11 septembre. Jeune Afrique continue de réclamer sa libération immédiate et dénonce une atteinte grave à la liberté de la presse #FreeStanis #RDC
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#Gabon's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning. https://t.co/bDIomDX5Kj
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Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday, placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and naming a new leader after the Central African state's election...
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Truck-loads of food, aid and industrial materials are stuck in long queues at the border between Benin and #Niger as sanctions imposed since the coup bite https://t.co/3UvzRu0EyZ.
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The Malanville border crossing in northern Benin is one of the busiest in West Africa. Trucks with food, humanitarian aid and industrial materials usually flow freely into neighbouring Niger, one of...
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West African leaders have started closed-door talks about #Niger in Abuja. The big question is whether they will follow through on threats of a military intervention to reverse the coup. The junta, unfazed, has named a new government. https://t.co/OUql6TKNTX
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West Africa's regional bloc on Thursday ordered the activation of a standby force for possible use against the junta that took power in Niger in July, saying it wanted a peaceful restoration of...
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France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says
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France began the evacuation of hundreds of French and European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, a day after neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso said any outside intervention to restore the ousted...
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Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist https://t.co/G1FTVcNSDa
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Senegal's interior minister on Monday said it had dissolved the party of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for rallying supporters into stoking violence during protests last month, prompting more calls...
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He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani
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In 2011, Abdourahamane Tiani was handed a prized military appointment: the head of an elite unit set up to protect the president. Last week, he used his position and manpower to do the opposite.
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ECOWAS has imposed sanctions on member states before, Burkina Faso and Guinea come to mind after coups in the past 3 years. Financial sanctions led to defaults on debt - in Mali in particular - but such measures tended to hurt civilians more than the military junta, analysts say
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Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger?
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Niger, a key ally of Western countries against Islamist insurgencies in West Africa's semi-arid Sahel region, is host to a number of foreign troops. Those numbers have increased over the past two...
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Coup leaders in #Niger have declared Gen Abdourahamane Tiani as their new head of state. Constitution suspended, govt institutions dissolved. He is the president of a newly formed military council. https://t.co/6vowZNwsdB
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Leaders of a coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday days after saying they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the seventh military takeover in West...
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A coup in #Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring #Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. https://t.co/GTvMsRY54r
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A coup in Niger could have a "negative impact" on the United Nations withdrawing its decade-long peacekeeping operation in neighboring Mali, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.
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Niger's army command has just declared its support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country. #Niger #NigerCoup
https://t.co/KKgLk9RgdP.
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President Mohamed Bazoum remained held in the presidential palace and it was unclear who was in charge of the country.
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The @ReutersAfrica latest on what appears to be an attempted coup in #Niger: some soldiers have blocked access to the presidential palace and appear to be holding on to Bazoum. Presidency said they are acting "in vain" but then deleted that statement. https://t.co/ghkJivR801
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Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation's national television late on Wednesday, hours after the president...
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#Ghana has become the latest African nation to abolish the death penalty. It is the 29th country to do so in Africa and the 124th globally. https://t.co/8RsJIuqySf
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Ghana's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, making the country the latest of several African nations that have moved to repeal capital punishment in recent years.
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US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group
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The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Malian officials, including the minister of defense, over accusations they facilitated the deployment and expansion of the Russian Wagner...
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At least 15 migrants drown off coast of Senegal capital Dakar Au moins 15 migrants se noient au large de la côte dans la capitale sénégalaise, Dakar. https://t.co/dwXzYkQAI6 W/ @honore123
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#GuineaBissau has ordered the suspension of teachers' salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers. The decision will affect some 8,000 teachers https://t.co/2lps6cR374.
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Guinea-Bissau's government has ordered the suspension of teachers' salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers, according to a statement released on Thursday.
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