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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently lifted the sanctions it imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, citing humanitarian consideration as its reasons aimed at protecting the people and the regional integration of…

The Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS is working assiduously towards resolving the issues surrounding the withdrawal by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the regional bloc. The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs…

Niger and Russia, under military rule last year, have agreed to develop military cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger's junta-appointed Defense…

Nigerien military tribunal granted the son of ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, Mohamed Bazoum Salem, provisional release from house arrest in the capital Niamey on Monday, it said in a statement. Salem, 23, has been in detention at the…

Benin has lifted its suspension of imported goods transiting to Niger through the port of Cotonou, the port's director general said, following five months of sanctions on the coup-hit country. The West African regional bloc ECOWAS…

Niger has suspended all cooperation with the international organisation of Francophone nations (OIF), its military leaders said, as it progressively severs ties with former colonial ruler France. The 88-member body "has always been used…

France has decided to close its embassy in Niger, where "it is no longer able to function normally or carry out its missions," according to diplomatic sources, definitively confirming a split between the two countries. This extremely…

In Niamey, the United States announced their readiness to resume cooperation with Niger, on the condition that the military regime that came to power at the end of July in a coup commits to a notably brief transition. Washington…

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on Friday ordered the "immediate" release of Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on 26th July, and that…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced the suspension of Niger from all decision-making bodies in the regional bloc, following the 26th July, military coup that overthrew the government of President Mohamed…