Aug 07 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Former police officer sentenced for his role in George Floyd’s death In our news wrap Monday, a judge in Minnesota sentenced the last former police officer convicted of state charges in George Floyd's death, leaders of the military coup in Niger closed the country's airspace, Russian shelling in Ukraine struck towns… Continue watching
Aug 07 West African leaders to meet after Niger’s military junta fails to reinstate ousted president By Sam Mednick, Associated Press The mutinous soldiers have closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack. Continue reading
Aug 06 Niger’s citizens await what’s next as deadline arrives for president to be reinstated By Sam Mednick, Associated Press The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means. Continue reading
Aug 04 In Niger, the U.S. seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorism outpost in West Africa By Ellen Knickmeyer, Sam Mednick, Cara Anna, Associated Press Abandoning Niger risks not only a surge in jihadist groups in West Africa, but even greater influence by Russia's Wagner mercenary group. Continue reading
Aug 04 Niger’s president pleads for help as mutinous soldiers sever French military ties By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Niger's military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler. And a regional delegation's efforts at negotiation with the junta have quickly deadlocked. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Tree of Life synagogue gunman sentenced to death In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge formally imposed the death penalty on the gunman who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the U.S. military is said to be mulling a major new move… Continue watching
Aug 03 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as hundreds rally in support of Niger junta By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Hundreds of people rallied in support of Niger's ruling junta in the capital on Thursday, denouncing France and others who have criticized a recent coup — as the country’s military leaders sought to exploit anti-Western sentiment to shore up their… Continue reading
Aug 03 Hundreds of people in Niger rally in support of country’s new ruling junta By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Thursday's protest comes as the country’s military leaders seek to exploit anti-Western sentiment to shore up their takeover. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 4:03 News Wrap: Jurors recommended death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman In our news wrap Wednesday, jurors recommended the death penalty for the gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Beijing and the surrounding region are awash in severe flooding after the heaviest rain in 140 years, the American… Continue watching
Aug 02 What would ECOWAS’s threat to use force to restore democracy in Niger look like? By Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press This is the first time in recent years that ECOWAS has considered the use of force to restore democracies in countries where the military took over. Continue reading