Ousted President Still Detained One Year After Niger Coup
One year after a coup in Niger, ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is still being held under strict detention in Niamey by the ruling military — and the prospect of a…
One year after a coup in Niger, ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is still being held under strict detention in Niamey by the ruling military — and the prospect of a…
The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The…
After suspending the recognition and evaluation of diplomas in Benin and Togo, the federal government has announced that it will extend the sanctions to more countries, including Uganda, Kenya and…
The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, in the latest blow to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa’s Sahel region. The French exit…
Niger began three days of national mourning Tuesday after 29 soldiers were killed in a suspected jihadist attack, the deadliest since the military took power in July. The latest violence…
Mali “will not stand idly by” if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako’s top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries’ juntas joined a mutual defense…
Niger’s coup leaders accused the head of the United Nations on Friday of obstructing their participation in the body’s General Assembly, saying it was “likely to undermine any effort to…
Niger on Monday reopened its airspace nearly a month after imposing a ban following a military coup in July, the official Nigerien news agency ANP said. After taking power on…
Niger’s new military rulers have stripped France’s ambassador of diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen Thursday by AFP, a move that ratchets up…
President Bola Tinubu says socio-economic sanctions imposed on Niger Republic won’t be lifted without “positive adjustments” by the military junta. Tinubu, the Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African…