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France will begin evacuating its nationals from Niger on Tuesday, the foreign ministry said, after a coup there last week toppled the country’s pro-Western leader. The decision to move citizens …

Any military intervention in Niger to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be considered a “declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali”, the two countries said in a joint …

A planned 30 billion CFA francs ($51 million) bond issuance by Niger scheduled for Monday in the West African regional debt market has been cancelled by the regional central bank …

Niger’s new junta on Monday accused former colonial ruler France of wanting to “intervene militarily” to reinstate deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. “In its search for ways and means to intervene …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed a no-flight zone over the Niger Republic as a swift response to the military coup. The ECOWAS made the announcement …

The leaders of the military coup in Niger said that regional body ECOWAS could stage an imminent military intervention in the capital of the Sahel country. Speaking on Saturday ahead …

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the chief of Niger’s powerful presidential guard who took power after a military coup, is an army veteran who has foiled similar uprisings in the restive West …

Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was arrested Friday, two members of his party and a senior security official told AFP, though no precise reasons were given. “Ousmane Sonko was arrested …

The recently-concluded coup in the Niger Republic has caused concern among Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari, who described the development as “unwanted” and “shocking.”. In a statement posted on his …

According to the Federal Government, no fewer than 205 Nigerians who were left behind in the war-torn Sudan have been evacuated. At precisely 12:15 pm, the returnees arrived at the …