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News

22.03.2024
US fears Russia’s influence in Africa after Niger junta cancels security pact

The cancellation of the American pact could mean the closure of US Air Base 201, a $110m facility built in the north of the country in 2018 to conduct drone surveillance of the Islamic State and al-Qaida-affiliated groups in the Sahel.

Source: The Guardian
20.03.2024
The final nail: Niger’s break with the US

Over the weekend, Niger’s military junta hammered the final nail into the West’s tattered mess of a Sahel strategy. The junta revoked a military cooperation deal with the United States, stating that the presence of 1,000 American personnel on its soil violated Nigerien sovereignty.

Source: ECFR
18.03.2024
US holds out hope for partnership with Niger

The United States is not ruling out a continued military presence in Niger, despite a statement by the country’s ruling military junta that it was ending an agreement allowing for the presence of American forces engaged in counterterrorism missions.

Source: VOA News
13.03.2024
US renews contact with Niger

A senior U.S. delegation visited Niger on Tuesday to meet with the ruling junta, the nation’s state TV said, renewing contact after the coup leaders ousted the elected president and moved closer to Russia.

Source: VOA News
07.03.2024
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to form joint force to fight jihadists

Three West African countries run by military juntas say they will form a joint force to fight jihadist threats. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced the formation of the force following talks in the Nigerien capital Niamey. Niger's army chief Moussa Salaou Barmou announced it would be operational as soon as possible, without giving details of its size.

Source: BBC
24.02.2024
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger amid tensions in West Africa bloc

A no-fly zone and border closures were among the sanctions being lifted “with immediate effect”, the president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, said on Saturday.

Source: Al Jazeera
02.02.2024
Another Niger media organization suspended

The interior minister of Niger's decision this week to suspend the activities of Maison de la Presse (Press House), an independent media organization, is the latest in a series of government actions to crack down on the press and free expression in the West African country.

Source: allAfrica
16.01.2024
Russia and Niger agree to develop military ties, Moscow says

Russia and Niger, under military rule since a coup last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters
09.01.2024
Niger military tribunal grants son of deposed president provisional release

Salem Bazoum had been in detention at the presidential residence with his parents since the coup in Niger in July 2023.

Source: Al Jazeera
02.01.2024
France embassy in Niger closed 'until further notice': ministry

France has closed down its embassy in Niger until further notice, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, barely two weeks after the last French troops left the country in the wake of a coup that ousted a key Paris ally.

Source: VOA News