Jakarta (AFP) – France has sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in prison, an Indonesian minister told AFP on Saturday. Indonesia has in recent weeks released half a dozen high ...

France has requested Indonesia to transfer Serge Atlaoui, a French inmate on death row for drug charges since 2005.

Nigeria has denied accusations from Niger's military leader, Brig Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, of colluding with France to destabilise the junta-led nation. In a Christmas Day interview, Gen Tchiani accused France of allying with militant groups in the Lake Chad region to undermine Niger's security, allegedly with Nigeria's knowledge.

ECOWAS has finally opened up on the allegation that Nigeria was making an alliance with France to launch an attack on the Niger Republic through new terrorist group.