Optimism grows as Niger holds convention on transition plans
Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...
The Punch on MSN8d
It’s ECOWAS of people, not coup plotters
The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...
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ECOWAS made a mistake by appointing Tinubu as chair – David Ofosu-Dorte
Dorte, a Senior Partner at AB David Africa, has criticised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decision to ...
Newsday9d
What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
Relations between ECOWAS and the coup-hit Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso began to deteriorate after the bloc imposed stringent sanctions on Niger to pressure its military to reverse the coup it had ...
EWN Sport4d
UN says ousted Niger leader 'arbitrarily' detained
Bazoum, who was elected in 2021, was overthrown on 26 July 2023 by General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of his presidential ...
allAfrica.com on MSN8d
Niger junta expels Red Cross without explanation
The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which ...
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Niger: UN Calls On Niger Junta to Free Former President
Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...
The Independent10d
What's ahead for a 50-year-old West African bloc after 3 junta-led countries left the group?
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