Africa
Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a "protracted confrontation" after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force. Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia does not formally back the coup. But the US, which backs efforts to ...
Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, who led last month's military coup in Niger, unveiled a 21-member Cabinet on Thursday, naming transitional Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as his finance ...
Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and experiencing increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, ...
A former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the junta that took power in a July 26 coup, a first sign of internal ...
Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. It comes after the Ecowas group of West ...
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Niger's capital, Niamey, in support of last week's military coup. They condemned West African countries who have imposed sanctions ...
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from the West African nation of Niger because of anti-French sentiment following last week's coup. It has said it will also ...
The Niger military junta that seized power last week and ousted democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum said on Monday the toppled government had authorised France to carry out strikes at ...
The general who led a coup in Niger defended the takeover on state television Friday and asked for support from the nation and international partners, as concerns grew that the political crisis could set back the country’s fight against jihadists and increase Russia’s influence in West Africa. Various factions of Niger’s military have reportedly wrangled for control ...
Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum has issued a defiant message on Twitter after soldiers announced a coup overnight in the West African nation. Trouble began early on Wednesday when ...
