Tag: Niger

One year ago, Niger’s state television broadcasted a striking announcement: a group of military officers had overthrown the West African nation's elected government, citing security and economic crises as their ...

The United States is set to withdraw its forces and equipment from a small base in Niger this weekend, with fewer than 500 remaining troops scheduled to leave a key ...

Niger's highest court has revoked the immunity of former President Mohamed Bazoum, nearly a year after mutinous soldiers ousted him.  This move paves the way for the military junta to ...

Seems like ECOWAS learned the hard way: when Western-style sanctions blow up in your face you have no choice but to return to the negotiation table. The Economic Community of ...

Most recently, it was Niger and now Gabon. Coups, as contagious as they are, have spread fluttering wings over the African continent, creating an alarming sequence across the sub-Saharan region. ...

Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has claimed that there is not a single person who did not expect a Coup d’état in Gabon.  In fact, ...

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has expressed its reservation against military intervention against the coup makers in Niger. According to the group, it is concerned that for the past ...

Collins Adomako-Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya Kwabre North Constituency has stated that no African country will benefit from any form of violence in any part of the ...

Thousands of people in Niamey gathered up outside the main stadium, when the call for civilian support for the armed forces went out. The junta was aware of this initiative, ...

Political science lecturer, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has revealed that not all coups can be responded to with military force. According to him, coups are bad and there is no justification ...