Tag: Niger
Hama Amadou, former Prime Minister, died at the age of 74
On Wednesday evening, a major Nigerian political figure, Hama Amadou, died of a devastating attack of malaria while he was being transported to the Niamey general referral hospital. Aged 74,…
Niger bans exports of rice and cereals except to Mali and Burkina Faso
Exports of rice and cereals banned in Niger. Only the two neighbors allied within the AES, Burkina Faso and Mali, will be able to receive Nigerien foodstuffs. Measure decided by…
Niger breaks further with France by renaming several places – L’Express
Farewell Avenue de Gaulle and Place de la Francophonie: the military regime in power in Niger renamed, on Tuesday October 15, several historic places in the capital Niamey, until now…
Transparency International highlights the concentration of power in the hands of the military
Transparency International Niger publishes its report on governance in the country since the coup d’état of July 26, 2023 which overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. Nearly 15 months after the CNSP…
Beninese pan-Africanist Kemi Seba arrested in Paris
Kemi Seba was arrested in Paris. According to information from RFI, Le Monde and AFP, the Beninese activist was arrested on Monday October 14 in the French capital. The polemicist,…
Rhissa Ag Boula, former advisor to Mohamed Bazoum, claims his “Nigerian nationality”
Three days after the decision of the Nigerien government to temporarily strip nine relatives of former President Mohamed Bazoum of their nationality in a coup on July 26, 2023, former…
what lies behind the loss of nationality of those close to ex-president Bazoum
This is a first in Niger: nine former officials of the Mohamed Bazoum regime overthrown by a putsch in July 2023 were stripped of their nationality by decree of the…
relatives of ex-president Mohamed Bazoum stripped of their nationality
On the evening of Thursday, October 10, President Abdourahamane Tiani decreed the withdrawal of Nigerien citizenship from nine personalities close to President Mohamed Bazoum who was overthrown last year. All…
Nigerien migrants kidnapped by a militia, an NGO launches the alert
In Niger, the NGO “Alternative citizen spaces” warns of the fate of Nigerien migrants arrested by armed men in Libya, in the locality of Shouaraf, on September 6. Difficult to…
Côte d’Ivoire wants the OIF to open a dialogue with Mali, Burkina and Niger
Côte d’Ivoire encourages the International Organization of La Francophonie to open a dialogue with Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, currently suspended from the institution. This is what Françoise Remarck, Ivorian…