The coup in Niger follows similar coups in Mali (August 2020 and May 2021) and Burkina Faso (January 2022 and September 2022), and Guinea (September 2021). Each of these coups was led by military ...

Niger’s airspace closed on Sunday, the day imposed as a deadline by a group of African countries for Nigerien military coup leaders to release power and reinstate the country’s democratically ...

General Abdourahamane Tiani, who secured his first presidential mandate at the end of March, is trying to maintain the ...

The leaders of last week’s coup in Niger are digging in their heels as they face a looming deadline from neighbors to give up power or face possible military action. CNN values your feedback 1.

Military mutineers ousted the country’s elected leader, shaking a pillar of democracy in West Africa. By Aaron Boxerman After a days of uncertainty in Niger, the commander of the country’s ...

Soldiers in Niger announce coup as guards take president hostage 04:36. Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general ...

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The coup is a heavy blow for Niger and the wider region, which has long been battered by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Last year some 10,000 people were killed in conflict across ...

The fuel crisis in Niger has reached a boiling point as the country's citizens now buy petrol at N8,000 per litre. The refinery chief explained the reason.

The coup in Niger, this week, raises questions about the future of democratic leadership in the West African country. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rama Yade of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center.

On July 4, a court in Niger’s capital, Niamey, rejected an appeal filed by prominent human rights activist and government ...