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Burkina Faso, Two Others Pull out of ECOWAS

Web News 29 January 2024 176 0

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger had announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, saying it had become a threat to member states. The ECOWAS Commission, however, said the community is ready for a “negotiated solution” with Continue Reading

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Niger Junta Faces Prospects of Sanction from EU

Web News 23 October 2023 231 0

The European Union has begun steps to impose sanctions on members of Niger’s military junta, three months after they took power in a coup. The EU Council announced on Monday that it had “adopted a framework” that will allow it to impose sanctions on “individuals and entities responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability […]Continue Reading

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Jihadists Kill Over 29 in Niger

Web News 3 October 2023 238 0

At least 29 soldiers have been killed in Niger in the deadliest attack since the army staged a coup in July. The soldiers were killed by hundreds of jihadists using “improvised explosive devices and kamikaze vehicles”, the defence ministry said. It added that “several dozen terrorists” were also killed in the counter-offensive that took place […]Continue Reading

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ECOWAS Says Niger Junta’s Transition Plan Unacceptable

Web News 21 August 2023 257 0

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has rejected the three-year transition plan proposed by Niger Republic’s military junta. It will be recalled that the coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, had at a meeting with ECOWAS delegation, led by General Abadulsalami Abubakar, retd, in Niamey on Saturday, promised the military government would return Continue Reading

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Niger: ECOWAS Delegation Meets Bazoum, Junta Leader

Web News 20 August 2023 216 0

An ECOWAS delegation to Niger has met ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and also held talks with the junta leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani. Around noon on Saturday, the delegation arrived Niamey, a day after military chiefs in West Africa disclosed they were on standby for a possible intervention to reinstate Bazoum. Aljazeera reports that, Niger’s governing […]Continue Reading

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Niger: ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Activate Standby Force

Web News 17 August 2023 236 0

The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States has commenced the activation of the ECOWAS Standby Force for the restoration of constitutional order in the Republic of Niger. A statement by the ECOWAS commission on Wednesday said the action was a follow-up to the directive of the Authority […]Continue Reading

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Niger: Junta Leader, Tchiani Accedes to Talks With ECOWAS

Web News 13 August 2023 287 0

Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani has agreed to dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after his meeting with Nigerian Islamic Scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau in Niger Republic. According to Niger Republic’s Prime Minister, Ali Continue Reading

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Niger: Proposed Military Intervention Splits ECOWAS  Parliament

Web News 12 August 2023 310 0

The Economic Community of West African States Parliament was divided over the actions that should be taken to address the Niger coup. While some parliamentarians of ECOWAS were in support of military action against the Niger junta, others were against it. Twenty-two parliamentarians took part in the virtual extraordinary meeting on Saturday to discuss the […]Continue Reading

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Eight ECOWAS Leaders Arrive Abuja over Niger

Web News 10 August 2023 216 0

Eight leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, have arrived in Abuja ahead of the summit which is centered on the coup in Niger republic. As of the time of filing this report, the eight leaders that have arrived are President Julius Maada Bio (Sierra Leone), President.Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco (Guinea Bissau), President […]Continue Reading

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Military Intervention Could Come in If…, US Warns Niger Junta

Web News 9 August 2023 274 0

*Joe Biden in Constant Touch with Tinubu, Other European Allies. The United States of America has warned the Niger junta that America may be pushed to be involved militarily if the country’s military rulers do not return to constitutional order. The US acting Deputy Secretary, Victoria Nuland, in a special briefing on Niger disclosed this […]Continue Reading

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Niger: Senate Tells President Tinubu’s to Tread Softly  

Web News 5 August 2023 317 0

The Senate has asked the Chairman of the Economic  Community of  West  African  States,  ECOWAS and other leaders of the region to tread softly in addressing the political quagmire in Niger Republic. Rising from a closed-door session that lasted close to two hours to discuss the letter written to the Senate on Friday by President  […]Continue Reading

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Niger: Northern Senators Caution against Military Force

Web News 5 August 2023 212 0

Northern Senators Forum has cautioned against the use of military power toward tackling the military coup in Niger Republic, calling for diplomatic options to address the situation. Senator Suleiman Kawu(NNPP-Kano), the spokesperson for the forum, said this when he briefed newsmen in Abuja on Friday. “The forum under the leadership of Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), […]Continue Reading

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War Prospect as Tinubu Seeks Senate’s Support for Military ‘Action’ in Niger

Web News 4 August 2023 264 0

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate seeking its support for military intervention against the military junta in the Niger Republic. He also sought the backing of the legislature on the cutting off of electricity to the country. This comes on the heels of the toppling of Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, by […]Continue Reading

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Coup: Niger Seeks US Support

Web News 4 August 2023 270 0

Niger’s ousted leader has urged the US and “entire international community” to help “restore… constitutional order” after last week’s coup. In an opinion piece in the Washington Post, President Mohamed Bazoum said he was writing “as a hostage”. According to the report, he also warned the region could fall further under Continue Reading

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France Set to Evacuate Nationals from Niger

Web News 1 August 2023 246 0

France will “very soon” start to evacuate its nationals from Niger, where a coup last week has unleashed anti-French protests, Paris’s embassy in Niamey said Tuesday. “In the face of a deteriorating security situation in Niamey, and taking advantage of the relative calm in Niamey, an operation of evacuation by air from Niamey is being […]Continue Reading

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Coup: Military Option Possible, ECOWAS Warns Niger’s Junta

Web News 30 July 2023 266 0

West African leaders have threatened military action against Niger’s military junta after it took power in a coup last week The leaders gave the junta seven days to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who is being held captive. Earlier, the junta warned it would resist any “plan of aggression against Niger” by regional or Western powers. […]Continue Reading

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Bazoum Remains Legitimate President of Niger, EU to Coupists

Web News 30 July 2023 243 0

The European Union, in a statement on Saturday, said it would not recognise Niger’s putschists who seized power last week and that it was suspending security cooperation with the jihadist-hit country. The presidential guard had detained democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and confined him to his official residence in the capital, Niamey, on Wednesday, in […]Continue Reading

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US Declares Solid Support for Ousted Niger President, Bazoum

Web News 29 July 2023 254 0

The US has offered “unflagging support” to Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum after he was ousted in a coup. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned those detaining Mr Bazoum that “hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance” was at risk. The head of the presidential guards unit Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself Continue Reading

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Niger Loses Former President, Declares Three Days Mourning

Web News 25 November 2020 647 0

Former President of Niger, Mamadou Tandja is dead. Niger government confirmed his death in Niamey on Tuesday but did not state the cause. It declared “three days of mourning throughout the national territory” for the 82-year-old. Tandja was forced out of power in February 2010 after plotting to remain in office despite a two-term limit. […]Continue Reading

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Ilẹ̀ Nàijírìa àti Chad sọ̀rọ̀pọ̀ lórí isẹ́ àgbẹ̀

Web News 16 September 2019 613 0

Orólẹ̀èdè wa Nàijírìa, ilẹ̀ olóminira Niger àti orílẹ̀èdè Chad ti ńsisẹ́ lórí àkànse ètò láti fi se àtúnse ibùdó adágún odò Chad, kí ètò ìgbáyégbádùn ba lè wà fáwọn èèyàn tó wà lágbègbè adágún odò na. Ọga àgbà àjọ kan tí wọ́n ń pè ní National Agency for the great green wall, ọ̀mọ̀wé Bukar Hassan […]Continue Reading