Tag: Niger
UN concerned as Niger quits force combating violent Islamic groups
Gen. Tchiani, leader of the military regime in Niger, raises his fist at a July celebration in Niamey to mark one year ...Sahel bloc ministers visit Moscow to strengthen ties with Russia
|Published 1:45 PM ET, Thursday April 03, 2025| On April 3, 2025, the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger convened ...Niger’s junta leader Tchiani sworn in as president for five-year transitional period
|Published 10:30 AM ET, Thursday March 27, 2025| Niamey: General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who led the coup in June 2023, has been officially ...Niger quits international group of French-speaking nations
|Published 12:45 PM ET, Tuesday March 18, 2025| Niamey: Niger has officially withdrawn from the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the ...Niger junta swallows its pride, turns to Nigeria for fuel as crisis paralyzes nation
|Published 9:45 PM ET, Saturday March 15, 2025| Niger is currently experiencing a severe fuel shortage, leading to long queues at gas ...UN calls on Niger junta to free former president Mohamed Bazoum
Niger’s former president, Mohamed Bazoum |Published 12:30 PM ET, Saturday February 15, 2025| UN: The United Nations has called on the military junta ...Libya expels 600 Nigeriens in ‘dangerous and traumatising’ desert journey
Published 3:15 PM ET, Wednesday 22, 2025 More than 600 Nigeriens have been forcibly deported from Libya on a “dangerous and traumatising” ...Niger hosts historic conference on the battle against neocolonialism in the Sahel
Heads of state of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali at the First Summit of the Alliance of Sahel States Published 11:55 AM ...Mali, Niger cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine over attack on Malian soldiers
Malian Transitional President Assimi Goïta in St. Petersburg, with President Vladimir Putin, July 29, 2023. A recent claim by a Ukrainian government ...US hands over last military base in Niger to ruling junta after troop withdrawal
Story by: MARK BANCHEREAU August 06, 2024 DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — ...