Africa

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Trump Threatens Rapid U.S. Military Action in Nigeria After Halting Aid and Reclassifying Country

Nigeria rejects the accusations, asserting constitutional protections for religious freedom.

Trump Orders Pentagon to Ready Options on Nigeria, Threatens Aid Cutoff

Drone Strikes Force Delay to Khartoum Airport Reopening as Capital Is Targeted Again

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Announce Joint Withdrawal From ICC

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Announce Withdrawal From the International Criminal Court

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Quit ICC, Citing Neo‑Colonial Bias and Vowing a Sahel Court

France Cuts Counterterrorism Ties With Mali, Expels Two Malian Diplomats

France Halts Counterterror Cooperation With Mali, Expels Two Malian Diplomats

Egypt Takes GERD Dispute to UN Security Council After Ethiopia Inaugurates Mega-Dam

Cruz Push to Recognize Somaliland Puts U.S. Policy Under Review

Mali Junta Detains French Embassy Employee on Espionage Allegations

Proposed Gaza-to-South Sudan Resettlement Plan Remains Unconfirmed

Malian Junta Foils Coup Plot, Detains Two Generals and French National

Guterres Urges End to Hunger as Weapon at UN Food Systems Summit

Senegal Takes Control of Last French Bases, Ending Paris’s Military Footprint in West and Central Africa

France Completes Exit From West and Central Africa With Final Base Handover in Senegal

Equatorial Guinea Asks UN Court to Block Sale of Seized Paris Mansion

Suicide Bombing at Mogadishu’s Jaalle Siyaad Academy Thwarted with Minimal Casualties

Jihadists Overrun Seven Army Posts in Western Mali

Niger Announces Nationalization of Orano’s Somair Uranium Venture