DAKAR, Senegal — A court of the West African regional bloc ordered the release and reinstatement of Niger’s democratically elected president Friday, nearly five months after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers. The ECOWAS Court of Justice ruled that President Mohamed Bazoum and his family were arbitrarily detained and called for him to be restored … Read more
West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors ByCHINEDU ASADU Associated Press December 7, 2023, 9:54 AM FILE – Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger’s ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Niger’s junta on Monday scrapped two key military agreements that the West African nation signed with the European Union to help fight the violence in Africa’s Sahel region as the country’s army leaders and a senior Russian defense official discussed military cooperation. Before the coup that deposed the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, … Read more
Niger’s junta says at least 29 Nigerien soldiers have been killed by jihadis near the country’s border with Mali, the latest of growing attacks that the country’s new junta is struggling to end ByCHINEDU ASADU Associated Press FILE – Supporters of Niger’s ruling junta gather at the start of a protest called to fight for … Read more
Niger’s mutinous troopers have closed the nation’s airspace and accused international powers of getting ready an assault, because the junta defied a deadline to revive the ousted president and stated any try and fly over the nation shall be met with “an brisk a… BySAM MEDNICK Related Press Supporters of Niger’s ruling junta maintain a … Read more
ABUJA, Nigeria — Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as quickly as they began. Tensions have escalated because the Sunday deadline nears for doable army intervention by different West African international locations. On Friday, the area’s protection chiefs finalized a plan to make use of drive towards … Read more
NIAMEY, Niger — NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s new navy junta has requested for assist from the Russian mercenary group Wagner because the deadline nears for it to launch the nation’s ousted president or face potential navy intervention by the West African regional bloc, in keeping with an analyst. The request got here throughout a … Read more
NIAMEY, Niger — West African nations have given Niger’s coup leaders one week to reinstate the nation’s democratically elected president and have threatened to make use of pressure if the calls for aren’t met. The announcement got here on the finish of an emergency assembly of West African international locations Sunday in Nigeria, the place … Read more
NIAMEY, Niger — Days after after mutinous troopers ousted Niger’s democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting concerning the nation’s future and a few are calling out the junta’s causes for seizing management. The mutineers mentioned they overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, who was elected two years in the past in Niger’s first peaceable, democratic switch of … Read more