Security
Niger junta threatens to attack member country of ECOWAS
Move comes after ECOWAS set deadline of Sunday for junta to reinstate President Bazoum and threatened to use force DAKAR,...
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Japan evacuates citizens from Niger following coup
France and other countries also continue to evacuate their citizens as coup leader refuses to back down ISTANBUL All of...
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Coup leader says French have ‘no objective reason’ to leave Niger
The French ‘have never been the object of the slightest threat,’ says Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani KIGALI, Rwanda French nationals “have...
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Niger junta appoints civilians to Cabinet, member of military as vice president
Coup leader says he wants to create conditions for peaceful transition that should lead in short time to general elections...
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U.S. National Security Adviser meets Tinubu over regional stability, Niger coup
PRESS RELEASE • AUGUST 3, 2023 Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Travel to Gabon and Nigeria The...
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Military invasion of Niger last option; no ECOWAS order yet: DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says the Armed Forces of Nigeria has not received an order for any military intervention in the...
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Aliens freely enter Nigeria through porous borders, pose security threats: Gov Uzodimma
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo has urged the Nigeria Immigration Service to commit to strict migration guidelines for intending migrants...
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Niger crisis could worsen insecurity in Nigeria, other West African nations, UN warns
The secretary general’s special representative for West Africa, Léonardo Simão, says the Niger crisis could worsen insecurity throughout West Africa...
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Military Invasion: West African defence chiefs to meet Wednesday over Niger coup
Defence chiefs from West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS will meet in Nigeria’s capital Abuja for two days beginning Wednesday to...
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Sierra Leone police arrest senior military officers over plot to undermine democracy
Sierra Leonean authorities have arrested high-ranking military officials following credible intelligence that they were working to undermine the nation’s democracy...
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