Niger’s ousted leader petitions Ecowas court for help
Ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum has appealed to the West African bloc Ecowas’s court for his release, his lawyer has ...
Tag: Niger
Sanctions following the Niger coup cause pain along the closed Benin border
Lines of hundreds of trucks stretch back many kilometres close to Benin's northern border with Niger, their cargo wasting and ...
Burkina Faso assembly votes to send troops to Niger
Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT) has unanimously voted to send troops to neighbouring Niger, where the military seized power ...
Niger strengthens positions on border with Benin
A large crowd hails soldiers as a convoy passes through Gaya on September 13, Niger's closest city to Benin, on ...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday ...
Jihadist organizations endanger the preservation of an important world heritage site in west Africa – new study
By Papa Sow* Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger share a biosphere reserve known as the WAP complex (W-Arly-Pendjari), which spreads ...
France announces release of French official in Niger; Junta denounces military cooperation agreement with Benin
France's Foreign ministry on Thursday announced the release of Stephane Jullien, a French official who had been held by security ...
Niger junta accuses France of deploying troops for possible intervention; Macron says forces will redeploy only at Bazoum’s requests
Niger's junta on Sunday accused France of deploying troops in several West African countries as part of preparations for a ...
Niger junta reopens airspace after coup – transport ministry
Niger's military leaders have reopened the country's airspace to all commercial flights after closing it on Aug. 6 after they ...
List of Recent Coups in West and Central Africa
A group of senior military officers in Gabon announced on national television on Wednesday they had taken power and election results were ...