President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger's military leaders as a "step towards sovereignty". Macron's announcement comes two months after a coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president. "France…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has debunked a report that it has proposed a nine-month transition plan for the junta in the Republic of Niger. Agence France-Presse (AFP) published an article stating that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is also head of the West Africa bloc has suggested a nine-month transition back…

The recent coup in Niger Republic and the attendant diplomatic impasse foretells grave consequences of continued military incursion into the political arena in the West African sub-region. The unfolding scenario in Niger Republic clearly demonstrates that ECOWAS faces daunting challenges ahead considering the complexities of military coups which are better prevented through commitment to the…

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) has reiterated the resolve of the regional body to engage military force in restoring the ousted democratically elected President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum to power. The President of the Commission, Dr. Omar A. Touray, who spoke Friday at a media…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of a delegation of Islamic leaders (Ulama) to Niger Republic for fresh round of dialogue with the coup leaders. The President gave the approval on Thursday after a meeting with top clerics, led by Sheikh Bala Lau, at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Recall that President Tinubu on August…

After nearly a month, the African Union (AU) Commission, yesterday, applied further sanctions by suspending Niger Republic from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the July 26 military coup.

The opinion, being sought and offered here, can only flow naturally from my widely known humble interrelated backgrounds as a Nigerian, nay African, borderlands citizen, a fronterizo of a global reputation as an extensively published Comparative Historian of African Borderlands and Regional Integration...

Everybody saw the coming disaster but the Economic community of West African States (ECOWAS) whose top leaders, the Heads of State and Governments of its Member States, except the four countries under military regimes...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently in a meeting with the president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Omar Touray and Nigeria's former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar. The meeting which is reportedly being held over the political instability in the Republic of Niger and how to resolve the crisis has…

The African Union said Tuesday it had suspended Niger until civilian rule in the country is restored and would assess the implications of any armed intervention in the troubled Sahel nation. The Peace and Security Council "requests the AU Commission to undertake an assessment of the economic, social and security implications of deploying a standby…

Sir: I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that disgraced man’s book. Nigeria is in dire straits. No country as divided as Nigeria today can claim to be championing the ideals of Western Democracy as per even exporting it to Niger Republic. It…

Niger has been hit by several jihadist attacks since its president was overthrown last month, but analysts caution against concluding that a long-running insurgency is shifting into higher gear as post-coup uncertainty mounts.