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After tens of thousands of workers and youth protested this weekend in Niger’s capital, Niamey, thousands have encircled the NATO military base in Niamey.

The French army says it is holding talks with Niger's military over withdrawing "elements" of its presence there following a coup d'état in July.

American officials have tap danced around a word that would prompt a cutoff of U.S. assistance to a valued African ally.

At least fifty-three members of Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the north of the country, that has been condemned by the West African bloc, Ecowas. 

The French president has struggled to maintain the influence his country gained in Africa through colonialism.

He said countries in the continent are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.

The suggestion from Nigerian President Bola Tinubu comes after Algeria suggested a six-month transition from military to civilian rule.

The decision by the transition government in Mali to close MINUSMA has already triggered renewed violence on the ground, said Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the country, according to a statement from the military regime.

Military officers in oil-producing Gabon have overthrown the country’s government, the latest in a recent spate of African coups.