Daniel Schearf

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

@AFP Sad loss of history, culture, and - most importantly - community.

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#China #USA

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE US President Joe Biden issues an executive order aimed at restricting certain American investments in sensitive high-tech areas in China -- a move Beijing blasts as being "anti-globalization"

https://t.co/bBdtgXTqRm

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Niger coup leaders form new government: decree

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

With #WestAfrica bloc @ecowas_cedeao threatening military intervention & #Russia's #WagnerGroup offering help to #Niger's coup leaders..#USA could (be) contemplating a future w/o a foothold in a part of #Africa facing insurgencies & where US vies w/ Russia & #China for influence.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Last month's coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region https://t.co/UirnL2TSrW

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

"Since the coup I have made dozens of these.." He said the flags of neighboring #BurkinaFaso, #Guinea and #Mali, where military takeovers have also occurred since 2020, were also popular. Support for #Russia has accompanied a rise in anti-#France sentiment across #WestAfrica.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Niger's tailors rush to make Russian flags after coup https://t.co/jr3rpGKYB5

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger #France

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING France says only 'legitimate' Niger government can cut bilateral military pacts

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Ethiopia

[Adam Sandor @adam_sandor]

Thus far, #Senegal, #CôtedIvoire, #Nigeria, and #Bénin have all accepted to participate in an ECOWAS military intervention in #Niger should President Bazoum not be released and the CNSP not return the country to constitutional order.

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger #Senegal #ECOWAS #NigerCoup

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE Senegal said on Thursday that it will participate if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decides to intervene militarily in Niger following last week's coup ➡️ https://t.co/ULGcVekVMi

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Kenya #Haiti #USA

[The Associated Press @AP]

The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. https://t.co/TbZPmXlu3N

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger #Nigeria #NigerCoup

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

West Africa's regional bloc says a military intervention in junta-ruled Niger is a "the last resort" as Nigeria cuts electricity supplies to intensify pressure on the country's coup leaders

https://t.co/b6eeGqCEEW

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#China #Crypto @binance

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, was to leave China when the country made cryptocurrency trading illegal in 2021. Two years later, users traded $90 billion of cryptocurrency-related assets in China in a single month.
@kowsmann @ceostroff
https://t.co/Tsl64U2d4F

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger

[Reuters @Reuters]

More senior politicians in Niger were arrested as the leaders of a military coup defied international calls to restore democratic rule and reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum https://t.co/Qf5gIy6BPs

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger #France

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING France to evacuate nationals from Niger 'very soon': embassy

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Myanmar

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#BREAKING Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to be pardoned: state media

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#BurkinaFaso

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

#UPDATE Bursts of gunfire were heard early Tuesday in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou near an airbase, an @AFP journalist says.

The shots were heard from around 12:45 am (0045 GMT) in the heart of the city, 10 months after a coup, the second in less than a year in the West African country plagued by jihadist violence

[VOA Africa @VOAAfrica]

📸: As the Voice of America’s English to Africa service marks its 60th anniversary, here is a photo collage of some of the dedicated journalists who have shaped the service's legacy.

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Niger #Chad

[Reuters @Reuters]

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby met with Niger’s military leaders in the capital Niamey after attending a summit with West African state leaders https://t.co/1mrVK0idHo

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

The nature of #Russia’s involvement in the rallies, if any, isn’t clear but some #Niger protesters carried Russian flags, signs reading “Down with #France” and supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian mercenary #WagnerGroup is operating in neighboring #Mali.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup earlier this week have marched through the streets of the capital, Niamey, waving Russian flags, chanting the name of the Russian president and denouncing former colonial power France. https://t.co/nqsivHJygk

[Daniel Schearf @DanielSSchearf]

#Sudan

[Reuters @Reuters]

Sudan extends airspace closure until Aug. 15 due to conflict https://t.co/Ko3Y1LNOVs