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Niger is a key player in the Sahel region - 4 security implications of the coup

The Niger coup – the fifth in the Sahel and sixth in the broader west Africa region in three years – has pushed the region further into political unrest and insecurity.

The Conversation

No, this video doesn’t show Russian ballistic missiles in Niger

A video reported to show trucks transporting Russian ballistic missiles in Niger has been widely circulating amongst West African Facebook and TikTok users since August 11. It turns out, however, that the video was filmed in the Republic of the Congo, not Niger, and shows trucks transporting storage tanks.

France 24

Niger observers link coup to president’s support for EU migration policies

Experts say army received bribes from people smuggling until 2015 law associated with Mohamed Bazoum

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Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup

Some 7,000 Africans who gave up on migrating to Europe have been stranded in Niger since the coup last month in which members of the presidential guard overthrew the West African nation’s democratically elected president

The Independent UK

Libya's stability at greater risk after deadly militia clashes, turmoil in Niger and Sudan, UN says

The U.N. special envoy for Libya says the oil-rich North African country’s stability is at greater risk following recent militia clashes and amid the danger of spillover from the turmoil in neighboring Sudan and Niger

The Independent UK

African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention

AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military action

The Guardian - UK

African Union suspends Niger with immediate effect over July 26 coup

The AU said on Tuesday that it had noted ECOWAS’s plan of action regarding Niger and would ‘evaluate its repercussions’.

Al Jazeera

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The African Union suspends Niger until 'the effective restoration of constitutional order'

The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities following last month’s coup “until the effective restoration of constitutional order.”

The Independent UK

West African bloc Ecowas rejects Niger junta's transition plan

West Africa's Ecowas bloc has rejected a call by Niger's coup leaders for a three-year transition back to democracy. The body is putting together a standby force for a potential military intervention.

Radio France Internationale

Power cuts in Niger threaten to spoil millions of vaccines as sanctions take their toll, UN says

The U.N. is spending over 20 times more money than usual on fuel for generators to keep millions of vaccines in Niger from spoiling due to incessant power cuts

The Independent UK

Fear and frustration on Nigeria's border with Niger, closed over coup

Trade between Niger and its neighbours in West Africa has been frozen since regional bloc Ecowas imposed sanctions on the landlocked country when military officers overthrew the elected president in late July. RFI reports from the border between Niger and Nigeria, where the closure has cut off crucial exchanges.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria: ‘People will die’ if the border with Niger stays closed

Ever since last month’s military coup in Niger, trade with neighbouring Nigeria and other West African countries has virtually stopped. FRANCE 24’s senior correspondents Catherine Norris Trent and Cyril Payen report from the border in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto State, where only donkey carts, motorbikes and hawkers on foot are getting…

France 24

Pro-coup rally in Niger after threat of military intervention

Demonstrators chant slogans against former colonial power France and ECOWAS after military action threat.

Al Jazeera

Pro-coup rally in Niger after military leader warns against foreign intervention

Several thousand people demonstrated in the capital of Niger on Sunday in support of last month's military coup, whose leader has warned against outside intervention and proposed a three-year transition of power.

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The Independent UK

Pope Francis calls for peaceful end to the Niger crisis

Pope Francis has expressed hope for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Niger following the military coup in the West African nation

France 24

Niger demonstrators stage pro-coup rally after junta warns against intervention

Demonstrators took to the streets in Niger's capital Niamey on Sunday in support of the July 26 coup a day after the country's military leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani, warned against any foreign intervention and proposed a three-year transition period before the military hands power back to civilian rule. Follow FRANCE…

The Conversation

Civilian support for military coups is rising in parts of Africa: why the reasons matter

On the night of 13 January 1963, Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio was shot dead by rebels in the first military coup staged in Africa. A long list, as shown below, was to come. From the 1960s to the end of the millennium, there were an average of four military coups…

The Independent UK

Talks between regional bloc and Niger's junta yield little, an official tells The Associated Press

An official present at talks between Niger’s mutinous soldiers and a delegation from West Africa’s regional bloc tells The Associated Press that talks Saturday yielded little and that the soldiers are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to reinstate the country’s president whom they toppled nearly a month…

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Leader of Niger's junta says it will restore civilian rule within 3 years, but gives no details

The leader of mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger's democratically elected president said Saturday night that they will return the country to civilian rule within three years.

The Independent UK

Niger junta leader announces plan to restore democracy in 3 years

Ecowas remains committed to resolving the crisis through diplomatic channels but is ready to apply force if negotiations prove unsuccessful

Radio France Internationale

West African delegation meets ousted president in coup-hit Niger

A delegation from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc arrived in Niger and met ousted president Mohamed Bazoum on Saturday, as they sought a peaceful rather than military solution to the country's woes after army officers seized power in a coup.

Al Jazeera

Niger coup leader proposes a three-year transition of power

Abdourahmane Tchiani warns that any military intervention in Niger ‘will not be a walk in the park’ for those involved.

Radio France Internationale

West African mission lands in coup-hit Niger for talks

The delegation led by former Nigerian president Abdulsalami Abubakar flew into the capital early afternoon on Saturday, a day after Ecowas military chiefs announced they were ready to intervene to reinstate the ousted president.

Al Jazeera

Niger coup: ECOWAS delegation meets deposed president, military govt leader

Soldiers who overthrew the democratically elected president in July have quickly entrenched themselves in power.

France 24

ECOWAS delegation meets Niger’s President Bazoum with military-appointed PM

An ECOWAS delegation in Niger on Saturday met with ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the presence of the military-appointed prime minister, Ali Zeine, and a member of the junta, according to FRANCE 24’s correspondent. The meeting came hours after the delegation arrived in Niger’s capital Niamey in a fresh bid…

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