Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger look to form a federation, leave G5 Sahel
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday (Dec. 01) creating a confederation as part of a long-term ...
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Niger: ECOWAS set to rule on complaint over Mohamed Bazoum’s detention
The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers ...
Niger repeals law aimed at slowing migration to Europe
Niger's ruling junta has signed a decree revoking a controversial 2015 law that was brought in to slow the smuggling ...
UN to resume humanitarian flight operations in Niger
The United Nations has said it will resume delivering humanitarian supplies and evacuating staff in Niger after the country's ruling ...
Nigeria, French Foreign Affairs ministers talk regional issues, UN Security council seat
Nigeria's Foreign affairs minister Yusuf Tuggar hosted his French counterpart in Abuja on Friday (Nov. 03). The officials discussed ECOWAS ...
Uganda denounces U.S. plan to exclude it from duty-free trade programme
Uganda on Wednesday criticised a U.S. move to eject it and other African countries from accessing a tariff-free trade programme, ...
US to end participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic in trade program
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the ...
US suspends non-humanitarian assistance to Gabon in response to coup
The United States cut all its aid to Gabon on Monday in response to the coup d'état on August 30 ...
EU agrees on framework for Niger sanctions
European Union countries on Monday adopted a framework to impose sanctions on members of a junta that seized power in ...
What are the chances of success for the new Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger defense alliance?
The Sahel region has been facing a jihadist insurgency since the early 2000s. This situation has triggered many other conflicts in the ...
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