Senior officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger gathered in Bamako on Friday to lay the groundwork for the upcoming meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES). The meeting is a significant step in the (...)
Niger has banned Benin from transporting its cargo through Togo, escalating trade tensions between the two West African nations.
The Nigerien Ministry of Transport announced that the collection of Nigerien goods in Togo, including at the port of (...)
Many events and conversations took place behind closed doors before French President Manuel Macron backed down and accepted popular demands in Niger.
These demands included the withdrawal of all French forces and the departure of the French (...)
تداولت مواقع إخبارية عالمية صورة لرئيس النيجر المعزول محمد بازوم لأول مرة منذ الانقلاب العسكري في 26 يوليو الماضي.
وأظهرت الصورة المتداولة ظهور رئيس النيجر مع وفد من المجموعة الاقتصادية لدول غرب أفريقيا (إيكواس).
أول ظهور لرئيس النيجر المعزول (...)
Catherine Colonna, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, met with Hassoumi Massaoudou, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Niger, on July 4, 2023, at the Quai d'Orsay.
The two ministers reviewed Franco-Nigerien bilateral (...)
Egyptian handball fans are waiting for the clash between Al-Ahly and Zamalek in the final of the Handball African Cup for Clubs, which will be held on Thursday evening in Niger.
Thursday's meeting is of particular importance for the two teams, given (...)
Ittihad of Alexandria winger Razack Cisse has been named in Ivory Coast's senior squad for the first time ahead of this month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, the Egyptian club said in a statement on Monday.
Cisse, 22, has been included in (...)
Seven election workers were killed during Niger's presidential vote on Sunday when their vehicle struck a landmine, a local official said, marring a day meant to usher in the country's first democratic transition of power.
The West African country (...)
Niger began voting on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election that is expected to usher in the first democratic transition of power since the West African nation gained independence from France in 1960.
Ruling party candidate Mohamed (...)
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will serve a second term as chairman of sub-regional bloc the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a release said Thursday.
The press statement said the decision, which came by consensus (...)
Holders Ahly put one foot in the African Champions League group stage after a first-half rocket from Aliou Dieng gave them a 1-0 away win over Niger's Sonidep in the first leg of the competition's round of 32 on Wednesday.
The burly Malian (...)
Egypt reiterated its rejection to link terrorist acts with Islam during a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held on Friday and Saturday.
The two-day event was held in the Nigerien capital (...)
In Libya, which is customarily treated one-dimensionally as a case of sharp polarisation between the eastern and western parts of the country (a reductionism that is perhaps intentional on the part of some stakeholders), the south has reared its (...)
It is expected that trade on the African continent will commence within the rules of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on 1 July unless otherwise decided amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic a year after its operational phase was (...)
The fourth Invest for Africa Forum (IAF) kicks off tomorrow in the New Administrative Capital. The IAF aims to promote investment and support for the infrastructure and mechanisms of intra-African trade. It will bring together governments and the (...)
A new phase of the strategic partnership between Africa and Russia is expected to kick off through a first-of-its-kind Afro-Russian Economic Forum which will be held in Russia's Sochi city on 23-24 October. The Forum will be co-chaired by Egyptian (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called on Tuesday for providing an integrated future vision for the continuation of the Egyptian initiatives set since Egypt became Chairman of the African Union (AU).
This came during the president's meeting (...)
The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt (CCFE), seeks new capacity building programmes for the ministries of tourism, health and population, in collaboration with French institutions, Managing Director of the CCFE, Hassan Behnam, said. (...)
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said on Monday it will institute a $1 billion adjustment facility to cushion the effects of the newly-launched continental free trade zone.
The facility will enable countries adjust in an orderly manner (...)
Egyptian President and African Union (AU) Chairperson Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi held on Monday numerous bilateral meetings with his African counterparts during the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the AU in Niamey, Niger.
In one of these meetings, Al-Sisi (...)
The African Union announced on Monday it got parliamentary ratification of 27 member countries for the continental free trade zone, set to be a potential "economic game changer".
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who currently chairs the AU, (...)
Egyptian President and African Union (AU) Chairperson, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, said on Monday, during the coordination summit of the AU in Niamey, Niger, that Africa has many undergoing economic and logistic projects, as well as mutual interests (...)
تحتضن مدينة نيامى عاصمة النيجر اليوم، قمة الاتحاد الأفريقى الاستثنائية، التى ينتظر الإعلان خلالها عن اطلاق المرحلة التشغيلية لاتفاقية التجارة الحرة فى القارة السمراء.
وترصد "اليوم السابع" 10 معلومات عن مدينة نيامى:
1- عاصمة دولة النيجر الساحلية (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who currently chairs the African Union, launched on Sunday the long-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
If successful, the new free-trade zone would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, chaired several meetings to discuss the reports on African Union's (AU) activities during the second day of the 35th session of the AU's Executive Council, currently held in Niger's capital, (...)