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…
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…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Niger’s ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum Washington’s steadfast support, and warned those detaining him that “hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance” was at…
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum is in “good health” despite being detained at his residence by coup plotters, France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Friday. Paris’ top diplomat said Bazoum had…
With soldiers in fatigues announcing that they are taking power, condemnation from Western partners, and mediation from neighboring countries, the coup d’état in Niger is the third of its kind…
A police officer and four civilians were killed in a “complex terrorist attack” in southwestern Niger, the army said Saturday, in an area where thousands have fled their homes this…
Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger’s western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN). Jihadist fighters regularly launch attacks…
Heavily armed jihadists stormed a camp housing refugees from neighbouring Mali in western Niger and killed nine people, a local official said Saturday. The attack took place on Wednesday at…
Severe floods in Niger after months of heavy downpours have killed 159 people, authorities said Monday, marking one of the deadliest rainy seasons in history for a normally arid state.…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday congratulated two of his aides, Sarki Abba, Senior Special Assistant on Household and Domestic Matters and Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, the State Chief of Protocol on being…