Niger

Russia, in a new push to expand its influence in Africa, is recruiting for an armed force to replace the Wagner group’s mercenaries across the continent. The Africa Corps would bolster Russia’s military presence with what it says would be…

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leave…

Niger’s ruling military has agreed to terms and conditions of a transition back to civilian rule, and will present the plan to a regional bloc, the chief diplomat from mediator Togo announced Thursday. Speaking on Niger’s national…

Niger’s post-coup military rulers have demanded in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday that the United Nations coordinator in the West African country leave Niger within 72 hours. The foreign ministry said in the statement dated Tuesday…

Niger began three days of national mourning Tuesday after 29 soldiers were killed in a suspected jihadist attack, the deadliest since the military took power in July. The latest violence comes as the country’s coup leaders indicated they…

President Emmanuel Macron said French troops would leave Niger by year’s end, bowing to the demands of a junta in the former colony after a coup that upended France’s strategy in Africa. Withdrawing France’s roughly 1,500 troops marks a…

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected a demand from Niger’s military rulers to withdraw its troops from the country after a coup strained relations between the two countries. “If we redeploy, I would do it only at the request of…

French nuclear group Orano SA is halting the processing of uranium ore at one of its facilities in Niger because international sanctions against the military junta are hampering logistics. The crisis that’s affecting the African nation,…

For ousting a democratically elected government through a military coup, the African Union (AU) Commission on Tuesday suspended Niger from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country. AU said in a…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has disproved claims of manipulation of external powers in its efforts to resolve the political instability in Niger Republic.  ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and…