Welcome to Ezemuoka's Blog

French President, Emmanuel Macron has revealed that the country's envoy to Niger and his staff are "literally" living like hostages in the embassy.   Macron said envoy Sylvain Itte remains persona non grata while accusing the Niger junta of blocking food deliveries to the consulate where the diplomatic staff is living in miserable conditions. "As we speak, we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy," Macron told reporters during a visit to Burgundy.   "They are preventing food deliveries. He is eating military rations," he added.   Asked if his government was planning to bring Itte back home, Macron said: "I will do whatever we agree with President Bazoum because he is the legitimate authority and I speak with him every day." The military junta, who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, had told Itte that he was to leave the country as soon as possible. However, e...

Former US president, Donald Trump has said he is not a critic of the age of Joe Biden, America’s oldest president. According to Trump, the Democrat is “not too old” to seek a second term, while quickly adding: “I think he’s incompetent and that’s a bigger problem.”   Trump’s comments made in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” will be aired Sunday September 17, as the US faces a profound debate over the ageing of its political class, a major factor ahead of the 2024 elections when Biden will be just shy of 82 and Trump himself 78.     Polls show that Americans worry more about Biden’s age, with one survey finding that three in four people doubt his ability to last a second term.  Trump ended his own term in office as the second-oldest president ever (Ronald Reagan was 77 at the end of his term). He would be 82 at the end of a second term, from trying to thread that needle. “Some of the greatest world leaders have been in their 80s,” he told NBC. “I’m not...