Niger ends security and defence partnerships with the EUNiger's military leaders announced the termination of two EU security missions, opting to strengthen military ties with Russia. They ended ...
France to start evacuating French, EU citizens from NigerFrance has announced it will evacuate French and other European citizens from Niger following the military coup last week, making it the se...
Niger general who led coup asks for support from the people and international partnersVarious factions of Niger's military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohame...
Coup in Niger, military officers oust Presiden Mohamed Bazoum; curfew imposed, land & air border closedMohamed Bazoum, Niger's pro-Western and democratically elected leader, rose to power in 2021, but now faces a coup attempt by the President...
US ties with Niger will depend on democratic governance, rule of law: US State Secy Antony BlinkenUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday spoke to Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and stressed that Washington's further cooperat...
Mutinous Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown presidentIn a televised address late Wednesday, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane said: "We, the defence and security forces... have decided to put an ...
French airstrikes kill over 50 Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in central MaliThe offensive took place on Friday in an area near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, where government troops are struggling to rout an...
One of the most notoriously violent jihadists on earth may now be out of a jobAbubakr Shekau, leader of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, had been deposed and replaced by a new leader more open to compromise .