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According to a report, the Niger defence chief has ordered the armed forces to go on maximum alert citing an increased threat of attack. Reportedly, ecowas has been trying to negotiate with the new regime but has said that it is ready to deploy troops to restore order. According to the report, thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Niamey in support of the coup leaders.

According to reports, Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote. Reportedly, Mr Mnangagwa who is Zimbabwe’s third president took charge during a 2017 coup against Robert Mugabe. According to the report, zimbabwens still face high inflation, poverty and a climate of fear, though when he became president he promised a new start.

Reportedly, Zimbabwe has one of the highest inflation rates in the world, in July prices rose by 101.3% compared to the previous year. According to the report, only 25% of people are employed. Reportedly, Mr Mnangagwa’s main opposition, Nelson Chamisa and the citizen’s coalition for change (ccc) secured 44% of the vote.

According to reports, the term black Irish originated from the u.s. during significant periods of immigration in order to differentiate ethnic groupings. The majority of irish men and women have light brown hair and blue eyes, the term refers to those with dark hair and or eyes. They are said to be descendants of sailors in the spanish armada, a spanish fleet appointed by Philip II of Spain that sailed from Lisbon in 1588. The objective was to overthrow Elizabeth I, reinstate catholicism in England and end support for the dutch republic. The fleet were opposed in Plymouth and chased to Calais where it had to scatter. It returned home via Ireland and Scotland.

According to a report, Romanians make up 16% of Ireland’s population. Many since the fall of communism and the execution of Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena in 1989.

According to reports, Japan is releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant. Reportedly, the plant’s cooling system was destroyed following an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 causing reactor cores to overheat and contaminate water with highly radioactive material. According to the report, the contaminated water has been stored in 1000 tanks, Japan said it needs the land occupied by the tanks to safely decommission the plant. Reportedly, there has been criticism from China and south Korea, the former has banned Japanese sea food.

According to a report, the private jet carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin was flying enroute from Moscow to St Petersburg when it came down about 60 km north of the russian capital. Reportedly, seven passengers and three crew members were on board. A wagner rebellion in June occurred following a period of increasing tensions between the then wagner boss and the russian defence ministry, lead to a deal that Mr Prigozhin relocate to Belarus, which he did briefly. Mr Prigozhin openly criticised the russian ministry of defence for corruption and mishandling of the Ukraine war.

According to reports, Niger’s new regime has asked the french ambassador to leave Niger within 48 hours after he ignored an invitation to meet with the foreign minister. Reportedly, Mali and Burkina Faso have said that any use of force by ecowas will be treated as an act of war against their own nations. According to the report, coup organisers have blamed security, the economy and poor governance as a reason to oust the former president.

According to a report, Russia has deleted 42 ukrainian drones near Crimea. Reportedly, Ukraine said its troops landed on Crimea in a special overnight military operation, Ukraine have repeatedly said it aims to take back Crimea which was annexed in 2014.

According to reports, elsewhere Russia has said one of their fighter jets has destroyed a ukrainian military observer vessel near gas production facilities in the Black Sea. Reportedly, russian officials have said they have thwarted a string of ukrainian maritime drones in the Black Sea. According to the report, attacks on both sides in the Black Sea have escalated since Russia pulled out of a deal which allowed the safe export of Ukrainian grain through the trade route. Reportedly, earlier this month ukrainian sea drones attacked the key russian port of Navorossiysk on the Black Sea, damaging a naval ship, the first time a commercial russian port has been a target.

According to a report, the foreign ministers of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali met in Niamey on Thursday to discuss boosting cooperation. Reportedly, General Tiani signed two orders authorising the defence and security forces of Burkina Faso and Mali to intervene on Nigerian territory in the event of an attack.

According to reports, ecowas has rejected the coup leader’s three year plan towards civilian rule. Reportedly, the door to diplomacy with the new regime remains open.

According to reports, the leader of wagner, Yevgeny Progozhin and his right hand man Dimitri Utkin are believed to have been killed when their private plane crashed near Moscow. Reportedly, according to u.s. sources Russia’s intelligence agency fsb were likely behind the crash. Progozhin led a shortlived mutiny against the russian military in June concerning conditions in Ukraine.

According to a report, Wednesday’s crash came on the same day that airforce chief Sergei Suravikin was sacked, he had been known to have good relations with Progozhin. Reportedly, president Putin described him as a talented business man who made serious mistakes.

According to a report, the president of Algeria said he rejects any external military intervention in Niger. Reportedly, he said, in the event of military intervention the whole Sahel will go up in flames.

According to the report, the african union has said that they have decided to suspend the participation of Niger in all activities of the au until there is an effective restoration of constitutional order. Reportedly, all african u.n. states are members of the african union, an objective was to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of member nations.