NIGER

Nigerien demonstrators demanded French troops leave the Sahelian nation just hours before time ran out for the French envoy to leave the country. Among the thousands rallied near a base where French military personnel are stationed in…

Hostile to any armed intervention in Niger, Algeria is continuing its mediation efforts with the dispatch Thursday to this country of the number two of its diplomats, Lounès Magramane, who called for favouring "negotiation", according to…

ECOWAS envoys arrived in Niger on Saturday afternoon in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution to the leadership crisis. Niger's prime minister welcomed the delegation which was headed by a Nigerian former military…

Almost a month after generals deposed Niger's elected president, the political crisis hasn't been resolved. The Coup leader and head of the ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) addressed the nation on Saturday…

Nigeriens went about their daily life, as the Economic Community of West African States debated on a military intervention on Friday. The nation of over 25 million people was hit by sanctions from neighbouring countries after generals…

West African army chiefs were due to hold a second and final day of talks on Friday in Ghana's capital Accra, where they have been hashing out the details of a possible military intervention in Niger if diplomacy fails to reverse a military…

At least 17 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 20 injured in an attack by suspected terrorists near the Niger-Mali border, the defense ministry said in Niamey. Early Tuesday afternoon, "a detachment of the Niger Armed Forces (FAN) moving…

Ghanaian opposition lawmakers have raised alarms regarding the proposed ECOWAS initiative to potentially employ military intervention in Niger, aimed at reinstating constitutional order within the nation. Lawmakers from the opposition…

The junta that seized power in Niger in a 26th July coup said late on Sunday that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum could be prosecuted for high treason. The coup leaders have imprisoned Bazoum and dissolved the elected government, drawing…

West African leaders were weighing their next moves on Saturday as they seek to overturn a military coup in Niger that has rocked the region but also triggered a groundswell of support in the country. Niger's military last month…