State Department to evacuate all non-emergency personnel from Niger amid...
President Biden on Thursday called for the immediate release of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest after a military coup last week, while the State Department began to...
View ArticleMutinous soldiers in Niger sever French military ties while 'hostage'...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler, firing some of the previous government’s key ambassadors and warning citizens...
View ArticleA deadline arrives for Niger's junta to reinstate the president. Citizens...
NIAMEY, Niger — The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces...
View ArticleBloc backs off on military action as Niger's coup leaders remain defiant
A Sunday deadline by Niger's West African neighbors to intervene militarily if the recent army-led coup was not reversed appeared to pass without action even though the country's democratically elected...
View ArticleWest African leaders will meet Thursday after Niger's junta defies key...
NIAMEY, Niger — West Africa's regional bloc says heads of state will meet Thursday to discuss their next steps after Niger's military junta defied the bloc's deadline to reinstate the country's ousted...
View ArticleNiger's neighbors and the U.N. seek to deescalate tensions with last-minute...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigeriens awoke Tuesday to deepening uncertainty about whether a regional bloc will follow through on its threat to use military force to try to reinstall ousted President Mohamed...
View ArticleNiger's military junta digs in with Cabinet appointments and rejects talks
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The military junta that seized power in Niger two weeks ago has appointed new Cabinet ministers and barred most international meditators from the country as it works to entrench...
View ArticleWest African leaders are meeting on Niger, but options are few as a military...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — West African heads of state began meeting Thursday on next steps after Niger's military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the nation's deposed president, but analysts say...
View ArticleAn activist tied to Niger's junta says its leaders won't hold talks until the...
NIAMEY, Niger — The only way to avoid conflict in Niger between mutinous soldiers who ousted the president and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him is to recognize the new...
View ArticleNiger's junta gains the upper hand over the regional bloc threatening...
NIAMEY, Niger — One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country's ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No military...
View ArticleNiger's coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s mutinous soldiers said they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, in an announcement hours after the junta said...
View ArticleA human rights group in Niger says it can't get access to officials who were...
NIAMEY, Niger — Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials who were detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the African country's democratically...
View ArticleNigeriens call for mass recruitment of volunteers as the junta faces possible...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president.Residents in...
View ArticleNiger's neighbors running out of options as defense chiefs meet to discuss...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Regional countries are facing a crisis of legitimacy as they run out of options and time to restore democratic rule in Niger after soldiers ousted the president last month, say...
View ArticleLeading politician says victory for Niger's coup leaders would be 'the end of...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — If mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger's president succeed, it will threaten democracy and security across the region and the continent, a high-ranking member of Bazoum's political...
View ArticleA scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to...
NIAMEY, Niger — A delegation from regional nations arrived in Niger Saturday afternoon in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country's...
View ArticleThousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the...
View ArticleA national program in Niger encouraged jihadis to defect. The coup put its...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — It took months of convincing before the former jihadi commander decided to defect, trading in his guns and wealth for amnesty and a chance to live with his family.Before leaving...
View ArticleNigeriens suffering under coup-related sanctions but junta backers say it's a...
NIAMEY, Niger — Hamsa Diakite can't remember the last time her family of eight had a good meal.She once sustained them by selling fried bread until a coup in Niger three months ago resulted in...
View ArticleAttack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued...
NIAMEY, Niger — A militant attack on Nigerien forces in a border region near Mali and Burkina Faso killed 23 soldiers, the defense ministry said Friday.The soldiers were taking part in an overnight...
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