Sofia Christensen

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

#Gabon's President Ali Bongo was recently declared winner of an election, securing a third term. Soldiers announced they had seized power this morning. reuters.com/world/africa/g…

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 reuters.com/world/africa/f….

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. reuters.com/world/africa/w…

Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup reut.rs/3YA0aB5

France will start evacuation of French and EU citizens from #Niger today, foreign ministry says reuters.com/world/france-s…

Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist reuters.com/world/africa/s…

He was meant to protect Niger's president but he overthrew him instead. Our profile of West Africa's latest coup leader, Abdourahamane Tiani reuters.com/world/africa/n…

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

#Senegal opposition leader Ousmane #Sonko charged with plotting insurrection reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Reuters Factbox: Which Western countries have foreign forces in Niger? reuters.com/world/africa/w…

What we know about Tiani here: reuters.com/world/africa/w….

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. reuters.com/world/africa/n…

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. reuters.com/world/africa/n…

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 reuters.com/world/africa/n….

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. reuters.com/world/africa/s…

#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. reuters.com/world/africa/g…

US sanctions #Malian officials including Defence Minister Sadio Camara over alleged ties to Wagner Group reuters.com/world/us-sanct…

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. reuters.com/world/africa/l… W/ @honore123

#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 reuters.com/world/africa/g….