🇳🇬❌🇳🇬 — Prime Minister of the Biafran Government-in-Exile Simon Ekpa stated on his social medias that following the escalation of the insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Biafran separatist guerrillas started to harass convoys of Nigerian Federal troops and Nigerian Air Force patrols over the Nigerian Southeastern states' jungle areas

🇧🇫🔫📹 — Footage shared by local netizens from what was reported to be the gunfire heard near Ouagadougou's airport 1 hour ago

🔗 hadsaru 🇲🇱🇷🇺 (@hadsaruplz)

🇦🇫🕊🇺🇸 — 📰 AFP, on the authority of an American delegation that met with the Taliban delegation in Doha: The Taliban movement pledged not to turn Afghanistan into a platform targeting Washington and its allies

☠️🕊🇵🇱 — 📰 Columbus Informazione quoting Interfax: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has denied reports that the Wagner group is about to attack Poland from Belarusian territory.

Lukashenko stressed that "being near Osipovichi in central Belarus, these guys don't want to go anywhere. They're used to following orders."

https://t.me/columbusinformazione/23561

🇫🇷🇳🇪✈️❗️ — The French Government officially announced the start of the evacuation of French citizens from Niger using French Military cargo planes

🇫🇷🇳🇪📹 — Video: The First French nationals are welcomed by Soldiers from French army at Niamey airport, to prepare

The French citizens were asked to go to the airport at 2 p.m. The first French Amy aircraft (at least one C-130 and one A330) have just landed at Niamey airport per local media

It follows the Military Coup that deposed the democratically elected president of Niger Mohammed Bazoum and the escalation of tensions between the Pro-Russia Military Juntas and local governments, amid fears that the Paris-aligned ECOWAS bloc will invade Niger to overthrow the recently established military junta

🔗 Lespiaut Anne-Fleur (@annefleurjo)

🇳🇪🪖📹 — The Propaganda video that Nigerien Military has been broadcasting daily on State TVs and Radios after the Republican Guard seized power and ousted the democratic government of Niger in question

Kinda catchy ngl

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🇸🇱🪖❗️ — Local Sierran Leonean media, quoting local police, reports that a group of military Officers of the country's armed Forces were arrested in Sierra Leone on suspicion of plotting a "coup against democracy" of the country

According to the police sources, the suspects allegedly intended to use peaceful protests in the country as a cover for "attacks on state institutions" of the French-aligned country

At the end of June, the country held presidential elections, which were won by the incumbent head of state, Julius Biot. His opponents said the results were rigged.