Tag: Niger
former interior minister Cissé Ousmane Ibrahim detained
In Niger, the former Minister of the Interior Cissé Ousmane Ibrahim was arrested and imprisoned on Friday April 8. He was accused of undermining state security in the failed coup…
President Bazoum speaks at length on the security situation in the Sahel
President Mohamed Bazoum was the guest of our colleagues from TV5 Monde this Saturday, one year to the day after his election as head of Niger. He tackled many domestic…
nearly 80 trucks blocked at Gaya customs on the border with Benin
These heavy goods vehicles, coming from the port of Cotonou, transport equipment intended for the construction site of an oil pipeline between the two countries. They have been stuck for…
the fighting between the CSP and the jihadists of the EIGS intensifies in the region of Gao
Violent clashes between the CSP, the Permanent Strategic Framework, which brings together all the groups that signed the 2015 peace agreement, and the EIGS, the Islamic State in the Greater…
How Barkhane plans to redeploy to Niger
A few days or weeks before the vote in the Nigerien Assembly on the military cooperation agreement between the Nigerien army and Barkhane, the French army is preparing. Since March…
Mohamed Bazoum defends the arrival of additional foreign soldiers
As a prelude to the vote in a few days in the National Assembly of the document of the military cooperation agreement between Niger and the Barkhane and European forces,…
Seven children killed in an airstrike in Niger
Seven children were killed in an airstrike carried out by the Nigerian army targeting armed gangs in Niger. Chaibou Aboubacar, governor of Niger’s Maradi region, told AFP that five children…
children killed at the border, victims of a Nigerian airstrike
In Niger, seven children were killed and five others were injured while playing in the yard of a house in the Maradi region, on the border with Nigeria. They were…
The withdrawal of Barkhane from Mali variously appreciated in Niger, soon at the heart of the device
After the announcement of the forthcoming withdrawal of French and European forces from Mali, Niger is preparing to become a nerve center in the future system of the fight against…
Niger, Vietnam, Philippines… Why are they among the biggest users of cryptocurrency?
A large number of underdeveloped or emerging countries have chosen to link their fate to that of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. One way to fight against inflation, devaluation of national…