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Niger ready to help Chad combat FACT rebels

April 27, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

According to the Chadian army, Idriss Déby was fatally wounded on Monday, April 19, while fighting the Fact rebels. The transitional military council, which refuses […]

Niger: New jihadist massacre of civilians in the north

April 19, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Jihadists killed again in the northern region of Tillabery. Nineteen villagers were killed on Saturday evening, April 17, while burying one of their own. The […]

Niger: Bazoum Mohamed will be sworn into office today in a special security context

April 2, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Mohamed Bazoum’s inauguration comes in a tense context, as his election is still contested by the opposition, a coup attempt failed on Tuesday night, and […]

Niger: investigations continue after “coup attempt

April 1, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Authorities say a “coup attempt” was foiled Tuesday night in Niamey. Many residents of the capital were awakened at 3 a.m. by heavy gunfire that […]

Niger: Mohamed Bazoum elected president, Mahamane Ousmane contests

February 24, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The candidate of the ruling party in Niger’s presidential election, Mohamed Bazoum, won with 55.75% of the votes against the opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane (44.25%), […]

Niger: The country mourns the loss of Inoussa Ousseini, a pioneer of documentary film in Africa

January 6, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

Inoussa Ousseini, filmmaker, sociologist, former minister and Niger’s ambassador to UNESCO, died in Paris on Tuesday 5 January at the age of 72. A pioneer […]

Niger: Former President Mamadou Tandja dies at the age of 82

November 25, 2020 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The former President of Niger Mamadou “Baba” Tandja, who had led the country from 1999 to 2010, when he was overthrown by a putsch, died […]

Niger: Justice maintains the criminal record of the opponent Hama Amadou

November 12, 2020 Geraldine Boechat 0

The opposition leader was sentenced on 13 March 2017 to a year in prison for handling children in particular. Impossible to erase this sentence from […]