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According to a report, Burkina Faso’s regime said it had prevented a coup on Tuesday, the second coup attempt in a month, a sign of divisions within the senior military ranks. Reportedly, four officers have been arrested, two have absconded, new security agents have been appointed.

According to the report, president Traore seized power a year ago when he unseated Colonel Damiba who came to power in a coup in January 2020. Reportedly, a spokesman for the military government said, “The action of this disastrous project of destabilisation, driven by interests at odds with the dynamic of reconquest of our national territory and the sovereignty of our dear country harboured the dark intention of attacking the institutions of the republic and precipitating our country in chaos. According to the report, thousands of supporters took to the streets on Tuesday in support of the military regime’s leader.

According to a report, Azerbaijan has arrested a former leader of Nagorno Karabakh as he tried to leave for Armenia. Reportedly, Azerbaijan’s border service said he was taken to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and handed over to other state agencies. According to the report, Ruben Vardanyan headed the seperatist government from November 2022 until February, Mr Vardanyan’s wife has appealed for support to ensure his safe release. Reportedly, a friend said that Reuben had stood by the people during the ten month blockade and has suffered with them.

According to the report, armenians leaving Karabakh have been subject to rigorous checks on the border, Azerbaijan authorities claimed to be looking for war crimes suspects. Reportedly, western governments have been asking Azerbaijan to let international observers into Karabakh to monitor the treatment of the population. According to the report, there has been traffic jams for days on the road leaving Karabakh for Armenia, 47,115 refugees have already arrived in Armenia. Reportedly, many armenians feel they have no future now in Karabakh. According to the report, the u.s. have called for unhindered protections and freedom of movement for civilians.

According to a report, the u.n. credentials committee doesn’t appear on the u.n.’s own organisational chart. Reportedly, it has a nine member body but no known office. The committee goes unnoticed but decides who can speak at the general assembly. Reportedly, the committee is proposed by the president. The president of the 78th session of the general assembly was Dennis Francis from Trinidad and Tobago.

According to a report, more than a third of the population of Nagorno Karabakh have left for Armenia. Reportedly, hundreds of cars and buses headed for the border, when they get there its a waiting game. According to the report, an explosion at a fuel depot on Monday killed or injured many trying to leave.

Reportedly, Armenia has sent helicopters to evacuate patients from the region’s strained hospitals, Azerbaijan said it has sent medical supplies. According to reports, envoys from Azerbaijan and Armenia met on Tuesday for eu backed talks but Azerbaijan has started seperate talks with Karabakh’s armenian authorities.

According to a report, hundreds of protesters have been camping outside a french military base in Niamey, stopping services. Reportedly, on Fridays they hold a prayer meeting, the imam tells them to be patient. “Just as a divorce between a man and a woman takes time, so too will Niger’s divorce from France,” he told the crowd. According to reports, those in Niger see the coup as a chance for a new beginning, and said France has had access to the country’s political elite and natural resources for too long.

Reportedly, the newly appointed governor of Niamey has said that the people of Niger want a prosperous, proud and sovereign country, and that others should respect their will. According to the report, last year, terror related deaths in Niger fell by 79%, in comparison, 90% of the Sahel’s terror attacks occurred in Mali and Burkina Faso. Reportedly, the governor of Niamey believes their success lies in community involvement.

According to a report, Arnon Nampa shot to prominence in August 2020 when taking part in student led protests against the military backed government. Reportedly, he said the monarchy should be part of wider calls for reforms. It was quite a risky thing to say, the unused Lese-majeste law forbids dissent.

According to the report, a week after Mr Nampa’s proposition, students at Thammasat university issued a manifesto calling for changes to the monarchy, followed by demonstrations after which the Lese-majeste law came into use again.

Reportedly, Arnon Nampa has 14 charges against him, some under the Lese-majeste law. According to the report, protests petered out but many of the ideas from the youth movement were adopted for the election campaign of the up and coming party, Move forward, including an amendment of the Lese-majeste law. According to the report, Move forward defied expectations in the general election by winning the largest number of seats in parliament, but the request to amend the law was cited by the military appointed senate as reason to block Move forward from forming a government.

According to a report, a fuel depot explosion of unknown cause killed 20 and injured hundreds more in Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh on Monday evening. Reportedly, the armenian government said 13,350 armenians have crossed the border from Karabakh to Armenia. According to the report, the region was home to 120,000 armenians.

Reportedly, Azerbaijan said it has confiscated a large number of rockets, artillery shells, mines and ammunition. According to the report, the armenian government said ethnic cleansing is underway. According to the report, national security advisers from Azerbaijan and Armenia are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday for eu backed talks.

According to reports, Kosovo police say an officer was killed in the village of Banjska Close when a band of 30 armed men shot into a group of police officers and killed one officer. Reportedly, they ran and hid in a monastry where three died in a shootout. Not all of the gun men have been apprehended.

According to reports, tensions between serbs and albanians have been high for months following the Kosovo government’s decision to appoint albanian mayors to four predominantly serbian municipalities that border Serbia. Reportedly, the appointments instigated a violent riot by serb protesters, injuring security forces including 30 nato peacekeepers.

Nato have been active in Kosovo since 1999 when they intervened in the war which was part of the breakup of Yugoslavia. According to a report, following air attacks on serbs, nato pushed serbian troops out to what is now Serbia.

Kosovo and Serbia were one prior to Kosovo’s independence in 2008. Reportedly, the Kosovo prime minister blamed the serbian government for the murders in Banjska Close, calling the incident organised crime with support from officials in Belgrade. According to reports, eu brokered peace talks came to nothing earlier this month when Serbia refused to recognise Kosovo’s independence. Reportedly, Josep Borrell, eu representative said the stalemate is hurting both parties’ desire to join the eu. According to the report, border crossings between Kosovo and Serbia are closed.

According to a report, protests broke out in Armenia last week over the government’s handling of the crisis in Nagorno Karabakh. Reportedly, the prime minister has been accused of granting too many concessions to Azerbaijan.

According to the report, the armenian government has made plans to help move armenians from Karabakh who have been made homeless by the fighting. Reportedly, an armenian contingent in Karabakh said he expected everyone to leave. According to the report, more than 3,000 refugees have crossed over to Armenia, and hundreds have already got accommodation. Reportedly, the armenian prime minister has announced that plans were in place to look after 40,000 refugees. According to the report, he said that his government were prepared to lovingly welcome armenians from Karabakh who he called brothers and sisters.

According to a report, the french president said that France was withdrawing its ambassador to Niger, who is expected to return to France in the next hours, along with other diplomats. Reportedly, the president added that french troops will be withdrawing from Nuger in the months to come. There are about 1500 french troops in Niger, and reportedly 1000 u.s. troops, but they have not been asked to leave.

According to the report, the decision to withdraw follows months of protests in the country. Reportedly, Niger is only one former french colony where the military has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Chad and Gabon. According to the report, many politicians have accused France of carrying out neocolonialist policies.

Reportedly, Niger’s airspace will be closed to french commercial flights and all military flights unless they receive prior authorisation. According to the report, Niger hosts the u.s.’s largest drone base in the region, which also trained Niger’s soldiers. It is unclear if training operations will resume. Reportedly, there have been concerns in the west over the growing role of wagner in the region.