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In a statement released on Wednesday, Niger’s post-coup military leaders asked that the UN representative depart the West African nation within 72 hours. The government had instructed Louise Aubin, the UN’s resident and humanitarian coordinator, to “take all necessary measures to leave Niamey within 72 hours,” according to a statement …

A bill allowing the sending of troops to neighbouring Niger Republic, which faces the possibility of military intervention to restore civilian rule after a coup, has been passed by Burkina Faso‘s government. According to a statement released on Thursday, the military-run government of Burkina Faso accepted the draft law at …

Following a coup that has provoked warnings of regional military intervention, Algeria claimed to have dispatched a senior official to the neighbouring Niger on Thursday to explore a diplomatic proposal. Lounes Magramane, secretary general of the foreign ministry, “will be visiting” Niger on Thursday, the department announced on X, formerly …

According to local military and political sources, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) military chiefs will meet in Ghana on Thursday and Friday to consider the possibility of a military intervention in Niger. the deployment of a “standby force to restore constitutional order” in Niger, whose elected president …

In a last-ditch effort to prevent military action in coup-torn Niger, religious leaders and politicians in northern Nigeria have created back-door routes. Ancient cultural, social, and economic ties that connect southern Niger with seven border states in northern Nigeria—Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Jigawa, Borno, and Yobe—have come under threat due …

The proposed Ecowas initiative to potentially use military action in Niger with the goal of restoring constitutional order within the country has alarmed opposition politicians in Ghana. Opposition lawmakers are pleading with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately suspend all plans to send Ghanaian military for this mission. In contrast …

The Chief of Defense Staff Committee has been instructed by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to promptly activate its standby force on Niger Republic. Omar Alieu Touray, the president of ECOWAS, delivered the order while reading the resolution adopted during the extraordinary meeting on the Niger coup …

A former rebel commander and politician in Niger Rhissa Ag Boula has started a movement opposing the junta that seized control in a coup on July 26. This is the first indication of internal opposition to army rule in the crucial Sahel nation. In a statement made public on Wednesday, …

After military officials took control of the country, the United States ordered the evacuation of some staff members and their families from the embassy, according to the State Department on Wednesday. However, the mission will stay open, and senior leadership will continue to operate from there. A crucial ally of …

As the Economic Community of West African States tightens its sanctions against the neighbouring nation, Nigeria, power supplies to the Republic of Niger was cut off on Wednesday. Sanctions on the military members in Niger who overthrew President-elect Mohamed Bazoum’s government last week were decided upon by ECOWAS on Sunday, …