West African regional bloc Ecowas reiterated its commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Niger following the recent military coup there as the organisation met in Nigeria’s Abuja on Friday.Source: France24.com
Algeria said it sent a high-ranking official to Niger on Thursday as part of its diplomatic push in the aftermath of a military coup in the neighbouring country.The Algerian Foreign Ministry’s Secretary General Lounes Magramane visited Niger on Thursda…
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed 32 people in Niger in recent months, the state-owned ANP news agency reported on Thursday.”Tahoua [southern region] is the most bereaved with 12 dead, followed by Maradi [south] with 10 and Zinder [south] w…
The coup leader in Niger, Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani, has signed an order allowing the fellow military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso to send their troops into his country to help defend against an attack.The announcement was made after the foreig…
The General Officer Commanding Northern Command, Brigadier General Matthew Essien, has commissioned a Counseling and Family Centre for the Command at the Sixth Infantry Battalion Headquarters, at Kamina Barracks in Tamale.The centre is to help improve…
