Mali and Burkina Faso have dispatched warplanes to Niger in a show of solidarity against possible military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).A report aired on Niger’s state television highlighted joint efforts by Ma…
Niger’s new military ruler has said a transition of power would not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country would not be easy for those involved.”Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a t…
Violence erupted this week in a string of villages in remote southwest Niger leaving at least 28 civilians dead, sources said.“For now we have recorded at least 28 dead, but the toll could go up,” a senior official in the Tillaberi region close to Mali…
Niger’s new prime minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, on Friday told The New York Times that the generals who overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum during a July 26 coup will do him no harm.“Nothing will happen to him, because we don’t have a tradition of…
Niger’s state broadcaster (ORTN) has reported that fellow West African states, Mali and Burkina Faso have sent material support to Niamey amid a threat by regional bloc, ECOWAS, to enter the country to remove the junta.Footage broadcast on the station …
