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Macron Boasts: Without France there’d be no Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2023

Without France’s military operations in the Sahel, “there would probably no longer be a Mali … Burkina Faso, and I’m not sure there would still be Niger”, French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication, Le Point. Macron is referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the

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Breaking: Wagner Chief, Prigozhin ‘rises from the dead’ in new video

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2023

A tantalising new video appears to show slain  Russian Wagner PMC warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin commenting on his ‘elimination’ after he was reportedly killed. It comes amid a wave of conspiracy theories that the Wagner boss may have cheated death by putting a body double on his doomed business jet which crashed in Russia on 23 August. […]

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Breaking: Niger coup leaders order forceful eviction of French Ambassador

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2023

Coup leaders in Niger Republic have ordered the police in the country to forcefully evict French Ambassador, Sylvain Itte from the country. Recall that the coup leaders last week gave Ambassador Itte 48 hours to leave the country. The deadline expired on August 28 without France recalling Itte. France in its reaction had said it does not recognise the […]

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Coup scare: President sacks all Generals, NSA

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2023

Rwanda President, President Kagame has retired Army Generals and equally carried out some major changes by sacking his top army Generals following the military coup that sacked President Ali Bongo from power in Gabon. The coup which took place on Tuesday night shocked the world and forced many nations, including President Bola Tinubu, the United […]

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Gabon coup leader, General Nguema reportedly ‘linked’ with embezzlement, drug deals

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2023

The commander of the Republican Guard of Gabon, General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, who led the coup to oust the democratically elected President Ali Bongo, has been linked with embezzlement and drug dealings. The internet went agog on Wednesday morning after the military junta in Gabon announced take over of power from Bongo, another coup […]

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“May God and the spirits of our ancestors bless Gabon” full statement by Gabon military officers announcing ‘end of regime’

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2023

A group of Gabonese officers and soldiers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the regime” and cancelling the results of a recent election. Here is a translation from French of the statement, which was read out by one of the officers on the Gabon 24 television channel: “Our beautiful country, […]