Tag: Niger
arrival in Niamey, the ECOWAS delegation aims for a return to constitutional order
A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) arrived Thursday evening August 3 in Niamey. Dispatched by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, current chairman of the sub-regional organization,…
ECOWAS and the junta are also engaged in a communication battle
There are three days left before the end of the ultimatum – Sunday August 6 – issued by ECOWAS to the junta that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger. In…
RFI and France 24 are indignant at the suspension of their broadcast in Niger
A week after the coup in Niger, according to several sources on the spot, the broadcasting of RFI and France 24 programs was interrupted in the country. France Médias Monde…
Niger: why a military intervention would be catastrophic
The end of the ultimatum is approaching. While the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have given until Sunday August 6 to the putschists in Niger…
Coup in Niger: France asks Niamey to ensure the security of its embassy
France has asked “the Nigerien security forces to take the necessary measures to ensure that the security of foreign diplomatic premises in Niamey, particularly those of France, will be fully…
The US is recalling personnel from Niger
The US is recalling parts of the embassy staff in Niger, the State Department says. American citizens are also advised against traveling to Niger. Last week Niger’s elected president Mohamed…
The US is recalling personnel from Niger
The US is recalling personnel from Niger The US is recalling parts of the embassy staff in Niger, the State Department says. American citizens are also advised against traveling to…
Coup d’etat in Niger, Russia-Africa summit… The discreet return of Evgueni Prigojine
“The purpose of the march was not to allow the destruction of the Wagner group”. It was with these words that Yevgueni Prigojine had justified, on June 26, the mutiny…
Guinea: the position of the authorities on the Niger crisis is debated in the political world
The National Rally Committee for Development (CNRD), which leads the country, expressed its disagreement on Monday July 31 with the sanctions recommended by the Economic Community of West African States…
Crisis in Niger: France has started to evacuate its nationals
France began on the evening of Tuesday, August 1, to evacuate civilians, mostly French, from Niger by plane following last week’s putsch, its first mass evacuation in the Sahel where…