{"id":9003,"date":"2023-09-04T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2023-09-04T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:30:56","slug":"niger-junta-reopens-airspace-after-coup-transport-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/9003\/niger-junta-reopens-airspace-after-coup-transport-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger junta reopens airspace after coup &#8211; transport ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Niger&#8217;s military leaders have reopened the country&#8217;s airspace to all commercial flights after closing it on Aug. 6 after they seized power in <a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/8976\/list-of-recent-coups-in-west-and-central-africa\/\">a coup<\/a>, a transport ministry spokesperson said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The closure had forced Air France\u00a0and other European carriers to suspend some flights and take longer routes across the African continent. 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