Clashes rock Niger capital, junta says back in control
Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential palace, after the city was rocked by hours of heavy gunfire.
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger finalise regional alliance project
“We can consider very clearly, today, that the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has been born.”
Daughter of ousted Niger leader calls predecessor coup ‘mastermind’
“It is very painful for us to know that their oppressors are people we knew and with whom we had cordial relations.”
US agrees to pull troops from key drone host Niger
The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.
US officials due in Niger next week after demand for troop withdrawal
A US delegation will visit Niger next week for talks with the military regime which has broken off a military agreement with Washington, state television announced Friday.
Thousands protest in Niger for US troops to leave
Thousands of people in Niger’s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington.
