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The Latest Breaking News on Niger faces multiple crises three months after military coup

Chadian president welcomes Niger's junta-appointed prime minister

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno welcomed Niger's junta-appointed prime minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, for a visit on Tuesday, the Chadian government announced. A spokesperson for the West African bloc ECOWAS confirmed the group will meet in Ghana later this week to discuss a possible intervention in Niger. Follow…

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A rights group says it can't get access to detained officials in Niger

Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago

The Independent UK

Junta in Niger recalls ambassador after Ivorian president 'backs armed force'

Leaders of the coup in Niger on Tuesday recalled the country's ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire as top politicians from across the continent discussed the crisis. .

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Niger’s coup leaders to prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’

Spokesperson for Niger’s military also attacked West African leaders for imposing sanctions

The Independent UK

A key lesson from the Niger crisis: Africans, not global powers, will plot the continent’s path

Other African states are saying that it is they who must decide the continent’s fate, not strategists in Moscow and Washington, writes Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Niger military to prosecute Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’

Charges against Mohamed Bazoum come hours after a Nigerian delegation said Niger’s coup leaders were open to diplomacy.

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🔴 Live: ECOWAS condemns Niger junta’s threat to prosecute President Bazoum for 'high treason'

West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Monday condemned Niger coup leaders’ threat to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for "high treason". Niger’s junta earlier slammed West African leaders for imposing sanctions on the country. Follow our live blog for the latest updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

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Niger coup leaders vow to prosecute ousted president for 'high treason'

The military generals who have seized power in Niger said they plan to prosecute ousted president Mohamed Bazoum for alleged treason and security risks.

Radio France Internationale

Niger coup leader agrees to hold direct talks with ECOWAS: Nigerian scholar

Nigerian Islamic scholars meet Niger coup leaders as regional bloc ECOWAS explores options to restore civilian rule.

Al Jazeera

Nigerian delegation says Niger junta is open to diplomacy

Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa's regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday after meeting the junta in Niamey.

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Niger junta is open to diplomacy, say Nigerian scholars

Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa's regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday after meeting the junta in Niamey. The delegation of religious leaders from Nigeria met with the junta-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine…

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Niger's junta gains upper hand over regional bloc threatening military force, analysts say

One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced

The Independent UK

West African bloc scraps crisis meeting on Niger coup

As ECOWAS leaders fail to meet, concerns over the deteriorating health of deposed President Bazoum mount.

Al Jazeera

Activist in Niger with ties to junta tells the AP region needs to ‘accept new regime’ or risk war

A local activist in Niger with ties to the military regime says the only way to avoid conflict in the country between mutinous soldiers that ousted the president and regional nations who are threatening an invasion to reinstate him, is to recognize the new regime as the ones in power

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The Guardian - UK

Defiant leaders of Niger coup confident of holding on to power

Analysts says key figures in new regime were underestimated as elected president remains confined to residence

France 24

Niger's detained president seen by doctor, ECOWAS suspends military meeting

Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said, amid rising concerns for his health. The democratically elected leader has been detained since being ousted by members of his guard in a coup d’état on July 26. West African bloc ECOWAS indefinitely suspended a meeting…

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US warns of ‘deteriorating conditions’ for Niger’s ousted President Bazoum

Media reports have emerged that Niger’s president and his family are surviving on rice and pasta without electricity.

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Concern grows for Niger's president, detained by junta for over two weeks

The African Union, European Union and United Nations expressed concern on Friday over the detention of Niger's elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his military guard on 26 July. He has been held at the presidential palace ever since, where he is reportedly cut off from…

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Military coups in Africa: here's what determines a return to civilian rule

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

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Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger

Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered troops deployed to restore Niger’s flailing democracy

France 24

Thousands of Niger coup supporters protest near French military base

Thousands of Niger coup supporters rallied near a French military base in Niger on Friday. The protesters were heard shouting “Down with France, down with ECOWAS”. Earlier in the day, the European Union and the African Union criticised the worsening conditions of detained Niger President Mohamed Bazoum and called for…

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ECOWAS leaders say all options open in Niger, including ‘use of force’

West African bloc activates standby force for possible intervention, says it wants a peaceful restoration of democracy.

Al Jazeera

Niger military names 21-person cabinet ahead of key West African summit

ECOWAS leaders will hold a summit to agree on a plan of action for Niger, where coup leaders refuse to stand down.

The Independent UK

West African leaders meet on Niger but options are few as the military junta defies mediation

West African heads of state are planning to meet after Niger’s military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the deposed president who’s said to be running low on food in deteriorating conditions under house arrest

Radio France Internationale

West African leaders hold summit on Niger as junta declares new government

Leaders of the West African bloc Ecowas are meeting for an emergency summit in Nigeria on Thursday, after their ultimatum to soldiers who have seized power in Niger was ignored. Meanwhile the junta, which continues to detain the elected president, said it had formed a new government.

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