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Mohamed Bazoum was toppled during a military coup on July 26 and has since been in detention with his family.

The West African country was thrown into panic in the early hours when the assailants sent gunfire ringing across the capital Freetown.

West African heads of state hold a summit on Thursday aiming to agree on a plan of action for Niger, where coup leaders have refused to stand down.

Niger closed its airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc.

ECOWAS said military officials involved in the coup would be banned from travelling and have their assets frozen.

Western nations have poured resources into Niger to bolster its security forces in the face of a growing insurgency by Islamist groups.

Nigerien authorities obtained the liberation of the two hostages from an active terrorist group in West Africa and the Sahel, said Souley.

Almost all patients affected so far are male, with a median age of 37, with three-fifths identifying as men who have sex with men, WHO said.

Scientists exploring the evolutionary origin of language have detected a vocal communication system among wild chimpanzees.

A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 commanders.

The army also suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the country's borders.

Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province have been fighting the Nigerian armed forces for more than a decade.

Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea's capital on Sunday said on state television that they had dissolved the West African nation's government and constitution and closed all land and air borders

The death toll from the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years has risen to 132.

About 1 percent of African Americans, West Africans and others of African ancestry carry a variant of the semaphorin-4D (SEMA4D) gene, which increases their obesity risk.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.