(VOVWORLD) - Five Sahel nations have been holding a major military drill in western Niger, Niger's defense ministry said on Sunday, the first such exercise in a region wracked by...
(VOVWORLD) -Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in...
(VOVWORLD) - West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS said Sunday that it will ease sanctions imposed on Guinea and Mali, a day after announcing a similar decision for Niger, another country...
(VOVWORLD) - West African nations including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger on Sunday released a joint statement announcing their withdrawal from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS
(VOVWORLD) - The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally suspended Niger's membership until constitutional order is restored in the country
(VOVWORLD) - At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an attack by armed insurgents near the country's border with Mali, the West African nation's defence ministry said in...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger has accepted an Algerian offer to mediate in its political crisis, Algeria's foreign ministry said on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to counter...
(VOVWORLD) - The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel "out of an abundance of caution," US officials told Reuters...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger army officials are now in talks with France and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on a number of issues related to the recent coup in Niger....
(VOVWORLD) - Ali Lamine Zeine, Niger’s Prime Minister appointed by the military junta in power, said Moday at a press conference in the capital Niamey, that his armed forces are...
(VOVWORLD) - The European Union's foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to take steps against military leaders who seized power in Niger in late July
(VOVWORLD) - Niger's military junta on Wednesday decided to lift the curfew imposed after the coup d'etat toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, and announced the cancellation of all security and...
(VOVWORLD) - Algeria is proposing an initiative to resolve the political crisis in neighboring Niger with a six-month transition period led by a civilian, Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said on...
(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of supporters of the junta in Niger dispersed on Monday after two consecutive days of rallying outside the French Embassy in Niamey while security forces have been deployed...
(VOVWORLD) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has proposed a meeting with the Niger military government, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, in a neutral place, ECOWAS commissioner for...
(VOVWORLD) - The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document issued by its defence...
(VOVWORLD) - France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday rejected a recent request by Niger’s junta for French ambassador Sylvain Itte to leave the country within 48 hours...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso's armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack, the countries said in a joint statement on Thursday,...
(VOVWORLD) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Wednesday called for the urgent lifting of border and airspace restrictions to allow entry for more needed aid...