2023-10-04 21:38:47 Published on : 04/10/2023 – 23:38 In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko filed several legal appeals this week. In the sights of the incarcerated opponent, always, his removal from the electoral lists and the dissolution of his party. This counter-offensive comes two weeks after his lawyers seized the ECOWAS court of justice. The security crisis … Read more
2023-10-03 20:42:57 Published on : 03/10/2023 – 22:42 An officer was sentenced to death on Monday, three other soldiers to ten years in prison and two acquitted by the military courts which tried them for the repression of a demonstration which left more than fifty dead on August 30 in Goma, in the Eastern Democratic … Read more
2023-10-04 00:58:18 Terrorist attacks have increased in recent days in Niger, in the north of the regions of Tillabery and Tahoua, both bordering Mali, including two ambushes which were carried out against Nigerien forces on Monday October 2. The provisional toll put forward Monday evening by the Niamey authorities showed 29 dead, but since then, … Read more
2023-10-03 01:16:48 The military in power in Niger announced on the night of Monday to Tuesday that “more than a hundred terrorists” had attacked security forces near the Malian border, killing 29 soldiers. This is the deadliest death toll since the July 26 coup. Published on : 03/10/2023 – 03:16 2 mn Twenty-nine soldiers were … Read more
2023-10-02 15:30:23 Atlanta, United States (CNN) – The Algerian Foreign Ministry said that Niger has accepted the Algerian mediation offer to address its ongoing political crisis that has exhausted the West African country. On Monday, the Algerian government received confirmation of this acceptance through the Nigerien Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This step comes within the … Read more
2023-09-29 10:00:03 After several weeks of a highly publicized standoff, French President Emmanuel Macron finally announced last Monday the departure of the French ambassador to Niger as requested by the military authorities in Niamey. But also the withdrawal of the French army. What consequences could this departure of French forces have in Niger and in … Read more
2023-09-27 08:22:58 In accordance with Emmanuel Macron’s announcement on Sunday evening, the French ambassador to Niger left the country on Wednesday morning, thus acceding to the demands of the military junta in power since the July 26 coup. Published on : 27/09/2023 – 10:22 1 mn The French ambassador to Niger left the country by … Read more
2023-09-24 21:54:28 Published on : 24/09/2023 – 23:54Modified : 25/09/2023 – 00:33 00:54 “This is a redeployment of French forces,” according to Richard Werly, correspondent for Blick in Paris. The manner of announcing the withdrawal of French soldiers and the return to Paris of the ambassador to Niamey “quite quickly” reveals “a failure of the … Read more