Niger Republic
25 Aug 2023
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…
25 Aug 2023
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…
23 Aug 2023
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.
23 Aug 2023
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...
23 Aug 2023
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...
22 Aug 2023
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…
22 Aug 2023
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…
22 Aug 2023
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…
21 Aug 2023
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.
20 Aug 2023
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it won’t accept the Republic of Niger junta’s three-year power transition plan. The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Abdel-Fatau Musa, disclosed this on Sunday during an interview with the BBC. The leader of the Niger junta, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, stated in a…
20 Aug 2023
The past three weeks or so saw Niamey, Niger Republic’s main city and administration capital come, metaphorically speaking, within frightening range of siege guns.
18 Aug 2023
EU chief Charles Michel warned there will be "grave consequences" if Niger's military regime allows ousted President Mohamed Bazoum's health to worsen under house arrest, a European official said Friday. In a call to President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria, chair of the ECOWAS regional bloc which opposes the Niger coup, Michel said "President Bazoum's detention…
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