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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…

All French soldiers deployed in Niger as part of the fight against terrorism will have left the country by December 22, announced the military regime that came to power in a coup in Niamey, the final stage of a departure that began in…

The military leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger say they would quit the G5 anti-terror force in Africa's Sahel area, the latest blow to the fight against insurgents in one of the world's most troubled regions. The G5, created in 2014, has…

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. The announcement is a…

The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance…