Niger Republic
18 Aug 2023
Following a July coup, Niger has become the latest hotbed of disinformation in the troubled Sahel region as West African powers grapple with crafting a response to the political crisis. From false rumours and misleading videos to manipulated audio clips, AFP has debunked over a dozen social media claims either backing or discrediting the coup…
18 Aug 2023
Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s federal government of Nigeria is rearing to go to war in Niger Republic. Is history repeating itself ? Twelve years ago, in 2011, Nigeria was similarly bullish about going to war in Ivory Coast over the presidential election dispute in that country.
15 Aug 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday he still saw a chance for diplomacy to reverse a coup in Niger, as the West African bloc ECOWAS keeps up pressure on the military rulers in Niamey. [AD] "We remain very focused on diplomacy in achieving the results that we want, which is the return of…
15 Aug 2023
.Terrorists kill two, abduct others in Katsina No fewer than six Nigerien soldiers and 10 terrorists were killed, on Sunday, in a fight with troops in the Taliberi West province of Niger Republic. This was disclosed, yesterday, in Niamey, the Nigerien capital, in a statement read on television by the High Command of the National…
14 Aug 2023
The African Union (AU) on Monday held talks on the Niger crisis as the country's post-coup rulers sounded defiance yet also pointed to diplomacy for a potential solution. But talks at the AU's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa coincided with a flareup over threats by the regime to prosecute Niger's deposed president. "AU's…
14 Aug 2023
A Niamey court on Monday scrapped a nine-month jail sentence handed to Abdoulaye Seydou, head of a leading activist group that supports the ruling military, his entourage said. Members of Niger's presidential guard seized power in a coup late last month. Seydou, head of the M62 group, had been behind bars for seven months in…
14 Aug 2023
The West African bloc ECOWAS is mulling military intervention to restore Niger's elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after he was detained by members of his guard on July 26. But experts say any such move is freighted with operational and political hazards -- from mustering an intervention force to inflicting civilian casualties. These, they say, are…
14 Aug 2023
One week after the expiration of the ultimatum it got from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the junta that overthrew Niger’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, on July 26, 2023...
14 Aug 2023
It is not often these days that military interventionists in the politics of nations are hailed for their action.
14 Aug 2023
Nearly one week after the expiration of the ultimatum issued by the West African regional block - ECOWAS for the new military rulers in the Republic of Niger to return to barracks and reinstall the former president Mohammed Bazoum...
11 Aug 2023
Thousands of coup supporters rallied near a French military base in Niger on Friday, a day after West African leaders said they would muster a "standby" force in their efforts to reinstate the country's deposed leader. Fears also mounted for elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his guard on July 26,…
11 Aug 2023
Four days after expiration of the ultimatum it issued at its last extraordinary summit held on July 30, the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Heads of State yesterday, vowed to do all, including the use of force, to dislodge the junta in Niger Republic if it remains recalcitrant.