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#UPDATE US President Joe Biden issues an executive order aimed at restricting certain American investments in sensitive high-tech areas in China -- a move Beijing blasts as being "anti-globalization" u.afp.com/i9Ni
With #WestAfrica bloc @ecowas_cedeao threatening military intervention & #Russia's #WagnerGroup offering help to #Niger's coup leaders..#USA could (be) contemplating a future w/o a foothold in a part of #Africa facing insurgencies & where US vies w/ Russia & #China for influence.
Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region reut.rs/3OLXgWB
"Since the coup I have made dozens of these.." He said the flags of neighboring #BurkinaFaso, #Guinea and #Mali, where military takeovers have also occurred since 2020, were also popular. Support for #Russia has accompanied a rise in anti-#France sentiment across #WestAfrica.
Thus far, #Senegal, #CôtedIvoire, #Nigeria, and #Bénin have all accepted to participate in an ECOWAS military intervention in #Niger should President Bazoum not be released and the CNSP not return the country to constitutional order.
#UPDATE Senegal said on Thursday that it will participate if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decides to intervene militarily in Niger following last week's coup ➡️ u.afp.com/ij8j
The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. apnews.com/article/kenya-…
West Africa's regional bloc says a military intervention in junta-ruled Niger is a "the last resort" as Nigeria cuts electricity supplies to intensify pressure on the country's coup leaders u.afp.com/ijei
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, was to leave China when the country made cryptocurrency trading illegal in 2021. Two years later, users traded $90 billion of cryptocurrency-related assets in China in a single month. @kowsmann @ceostroff wsj.com/articles/crypt…
More senior politicians in Niger were arrested as the leaders of a military coup defied international calls to restore democratic rule and reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum reut.rs/479I6l7
📸: As the Voice of America’s English to Africa service marks its 60th anniversary, here is a photo collage of some of the dedicated journalists who have shaped the service's legacy.
Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby met with Niger’s military leaders in the capital Niamey after attending a summit with West African state leaders reut.rs/3OfaJon
The nature of #Russia’s involvement in the rallies, if any, isn’t clear but some #Niger protesters carried Russian flags, signs reading “Down with #France” and supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian mercenary #WagnerGroup is operating in neighboring #Mali.
Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup earlier this week have marched through the streets of the capital, Niamey, waving Russian flags, chanting the name of the Russian president and denouncing former colonial power France. apnews.com/article/niger-…
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