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According to a report, Niger’s new regime have ordered the police to expel France’s ambassador. Reportedly, the visas of french ambassador Sylvain Itte and his family have been cancelled in response to actions contrary to Niger’s interests, including refusing to respond to an invitation to meet Niger’s new foreign minister. According to the report, a letter they sent him read the envoy ‘no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities attached to his status as a member of the diplomatic personnel in the french embassy.’

According to a report, leaders of the coup in Gabon have named a transitional president, Oligui Nguema. Reportedly, the former president is under house arrest and some of his staff have been arrested on charges of treason, embezzlement, corruption and falsifying the president’s signature.

According to a report, Mr Ali Bongo Ondima was the third president of post colonial Gabon. Reportedly, his father who ruled for 41 years was said to have amassed a fortune. According to the report, groups of people were celebrating and shouting, “Bongo out” on the streets of the capital, Libreville. Reportedly, Mr Ondima’s main opposition, university professor Albert Ondo Ossa had accused Mr Ondima of fraud and asked that he hand over power without bloodshed. According to the report, Mr Ondima’s loss will mark a blow to France’s reach in Africa.

According to a report, the algerian minister for foreign affairs has returned from a tour of Nigeria, Benin and Ghana, while his second in command made a parallel visit to Niamey where he held talks with the prime minister, Mahaman Lamine Zeine. Reportedly, Algeria who shares almost 1000 km of border with Niger is proposing a six month transition to civilian rule, the proposed political discussions is with the participation of all parties in Niger without exclusion. According to the report, Algeria who rejects a military solution implied they could not authorise use of their airspace in the case of a military operation.

According to a report, an israeli airplane travelling from Seychelles to Tel Aviv made an unscheduled landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday night due to an assumed electrical fault. Reportedly, Israel does not have formal ties with Saudi Arabia but since last year flights from Israel have been allowed to cross over its airspace. According to the report, Jeddah is approved in the case of unscheduled or emergency landings.

Reportedly, thrre were 128 israelis on board, passengers said they had been treated warmly by saudis. A new plane took them home in the morning.

According to a report, Libya’s foreign minister Najla al Mangoush was suspended by prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah following a meeting with the israeli foreign minister in Rome a few days ago. Reportedly, she has fled the country following news of the meeting revealed by the israeli foreign minister which sparked two days of protests across the country. According to a report, the israeli foreign minister has said he had no knowledge of the meeting.

According to a report, two people died in Kyiv following an overnight missile attack, all but one of the missiles and drones were intercepted.

Reportedly, eight locations across Russia and annexed Crimea were targeted with drone attacks over 24 hours. According to the report, part of Ukraine’s offensive launched earlier in summer is to make it as difficult as possible to keep its frontline troops supplied. Reportedly, military aircraft, some if not all cargo were irreparably damaged at various airports. According to the report, Russia says western intelligence must have been involved.

According to a report, army leaders in Gabon appeared on national tv early Wednesday to say they had taken power. Reportedly, this is the 8th coup in former french colonies in Africa in three years.

The Gabonese Republic is a country along the Atlantic coast in central Africa, an oil rich land. According to reports, in the recent election president Ali Bongo Ondimba was said to have won 64.27% of the vote. Reportedly, the announcement made by the coup leaders who did not accept the result, said to be bogus told of a decision to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime. According to a report, Ali Bongo Ondimba whose whereabouts are unknown came to power after his father, Omar died in 2009.

According to a report, colonisation began in Australia in 1788 when a fleet of british ships arrived to establish a prison colony. Reportedly, other colonies were established, people went to Australia because of gold rushes. According to the report, the transportation of british convicts was phased out between 1840 and 1868,

Reportedly, the prime minister of Australia said he expects public support to grow for the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice, an indegenous voice. According to a report, he has set a date, not as yet announced for a referendum in 2023. Reportedly, if successful it would entail a change to the constitution to enshrine an indegenous voice to parliament, enabling aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people to represent the views of indegenous communities.

According to reports, two months into Ukraine’s offensive has made small advances in a number of areas. Reportedly, there has been a dramatic rise in Ukraine’s number of dead, u.s. officials quoted the number of ukrainians killed in the war as 70,000 though the number has not been verified, the u.n. have recorded 9,177 civilian deaths. According to a report, layers of soldiers lie in a mortuary near the frontline in Donetsk where the grim task of counting the dead has become a daily reality.

Reportedly, some russian military bloggers in Ukraine say they lack artillery and ammunition. According to a report, Russia destroyed two ukrainian drones south of Moscow early Tuesday, drone attacks on Russia have become a regular occurrence.

According to reports, the french ambassador to Niger has stayed in the country even though he has been asked to leave. Reportedly, the french president speaking to a gathering of diplomats in Paris confirmed that the french envoy was listening in Niamey. According to the report, the french president who said he will support any military action from ecowas said, “France has faced particularly difficult situations in some countries in recent months, from Sudan where France has been exemplary, to Niger at this very moment.” Atrocities occurred in the Darfur region of Sudan when the area was cleared for oil.