Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has fired all of his regional recruitment chiefs due to corruption concerns. The officials in charge of enlisting soldiers have been accused of accepting bribes from...
‘Talks are going on behind the scenes’: ECOWAS mulls next steps in Niger crisis • FRANCE 24
FRANCE 24 senior reporter Catherine Norris-Trent reports on the legal, logistical and financial difficulties facing ECOWAS as the regional bloc considers its next move in Niger’s unfolding crisis.
How assassination of Ecuador candidate could impact election | DW News
Ecuador has paid its last respects to the assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. He was shot dead. Villavicencio was outspoken about corruption and alleged links between politics, big business, and...
Omagh Bombing: Terrorist threat still lingers on 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack
It’s been 25 years since the deadliest single terrorist atrocity in Northern Ireland, the Omagh bombing, killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins by a car bomb planted by the Real IRA. Sky...
Niger coup: How much influence does the US and Europe have with ECOWAS? • FRANCE 24 English
Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. The ECOWAS bloc said on...
Niger junta-ECOWAS standoff: ‘Diplomatic solution’ unlikely, military intervention ‘horribly risky’
Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. Meanwhile, the African Union...
BREAKING: Over 100,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since records began
The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats over the past five years has now passed 100,000. The latest Home Office figures show 755 migrants were detected in the Channel on Thursday, the...