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According to a report, Niger’s new rulers have accused France of blatant interference. Reportedly, speaking on state TV the spokesman for the national council for the safeguard of the homeland, Amadou Abdramane a nigerian air officer said, ‘Mr Macron’s comments and his unceasing efforts in favour of an invasion of Niger aim at perpetuating a neocolonial operation against the nigerian people, who ask for nothing more than to decide its own destiny for itself.

According to the report, thousands gathered outside France’s military base in Niamey to demand its forces leave. Reportedly, there are 1500 french troops stationed in Niger, many at the base.

According to reports, a palestinian man was killed during an israeli military raid in the town of Aqaba, Samaria. Reportedly, the soldiers were following a lead related to a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley last month. According to the report, the suspect who worked in Israel was not there though his brother lived in the building. Reportedly, a bystander Abdul Ghannan an eighth grade teacher was walking with his wife when he was shot.

According to the report, violence has been on the rise in Samaria over the past year and a half, with a rise in palestinian shooting attacks and almost nightly arrest raids.

According to a report, the former president of Gabon was named Alain Bernard Bongo at birth but changed his name to Ali in 1973 when he and his father converted to islam. Reportedly, he went to school in France, then studied law at the University of Paris. According to the report, in 1977 he released a funk album called ‘A brand new man’ under the name Alain Bongo, produced by James Brown’s former manager. Reportedly, under his father’s ministry he was minister of foreign affairs and minister of defence.

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.