Insurgency

Seven people have been killed while two others sustained injury when suspected bandits attacked a mosque in Saya-Saya village in…

Umar Bago, the Governor of Niger State has said his administration is discussing with bandits with a view to offer them amnesty…

“They will always be remembered as courageous men who did not consider the perils and dangers of their national duty as paramount…

It was painful to the coup leaders that the ECOWAS leaders did not hear their side of the matter before issuing an ultimatum to…

The threat to the deposed president raises the stakes both for ECOWAS and for the junta, which has shown its willingness to…

“No, I was not sent by the government. Government officials were aware I was going, but it was my personal initiative, using my…

The junta’s decision to close Niger’s airspace is rooted in their assertion that “a foreign power” is plotting an attack on the…

ECOWAS has threatened the use of force unless the junta reinstated the elected president of Niger, with one official saying “The…

“The military Governments of Mali and Burkina Faso have said that ‘any attack on the Niger Republic by ECOWAS will be regarded as…

“Any military intervention against Niger would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali.”