The head of Niger's armed forces on July 27, 2023 said he endorsed a declaration by troops who overnight announced they had taken power after detaining the country's elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.

transcript. Why a Coup in Niger Has the World’s Attention Neighboring countries have threatened to go to war — some to restore the elected president, and others to support the junta that ...

What the U.S. and Niger Have in Common | Opinion. Published Jul 12, 2022 at 8:00 AM EDT Updated Jul 27, 2022 at 11:42 AM EDT. By Emilie J. Greenhalgh . Senior International Development Consultant.

Soldiers in Niger have announced a coup, imposing a curfew and closing borders in a country that is a key U.S. ally in West Africa. The president of the West African nation of Niger was removed in ...

The coup is a heavy blow for Niger and the wider region, which has long been battered by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Last year some 10,000 people were killed in conflict across ...

Niger's regional and Western allies have announced a series of sanctions against the country following the July 26 coup. Niger is the world's seventh-biggest producer of uranium, the radioactive ...

Soldiers in Niger announce coup as guards take president hostage 04:36. Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general ...

Niger was the sixth country in Africa’s sprawling Sahel region, which spans the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, to have experienced a coup since 2020.

Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that hosts U.S. troops following a decision to expel U.S. forces, according to a U.S. defense official.

Niger's ruling junta has ordered police to expel France's ambassador, a move marking a further downturn in relations, and one that authorities in Paris said the army officers who seized power in ...

The landlocked countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have endorsed an initiative by Morocco to give them access to the Atlantic Ocean, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Niger's regional and Western allies have announced a series of sanctions against the country, one of the poorest in the world, following the July 26 coup. Accessibility links.