Tag: Niger
the Court of Auditors notes numerous irregularities
In Niger, the Court of Auditors has published its annual report for 2021. The Court is responsible in particular for controlling the operations of the State, local authorities and public…
Studio Shap Shap, a Nigerian group that instrumentalizes tradition and modernity
Studio Shap Shap, behind this name hides one of the most original bands in West Africa. A group from Niamey, Niger, whose name means ” quickly done well done “.…
a hundred jihadists neutralized around Lake Chad
A joint military operation by Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon has neutralized around 100 jihadists in recent weeks, authorities said. Intensive bombardments were carried out in particular on the outskirts of…
deadly attacks on a police station and a National Guard position
A police station and a National Guard position were attacked Tuesday in Niger. These attacks are attributed to heavily armed men. According to the authorities, seven policemen and four soldiers…
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,…