Tag: Niger

The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has temporarily withdrawn from Niger, according to their government portal. The announcement reads below: “Travel within or out of Niger is at your own risk. The FCDO cannot offer advice on the safety of travelling to any departure point within Niger. We have temporarily withdrawn our...

In the past twelve hours, the Nigerien Interim government, backed by the Russian Federation has put its forces on high alter in Niamey. As this publication reported yesterday thousands of security forces personnel flooded into the capital after the deadline posed by ECOWAS expired to rectify the coup. Mali, Burkina...

The Nigerien National Council for Safeguard of the Homeland appointed Lamine Zeine as the new Prime Minister of Niger last night. Since then, it has bolstered security in Niamey with a large convoy of more than 40 military vehicles, brought in on the night of August 6th. ECOWAS responded to...

Today, the Canadian Foreign Ministry announced an end to bi-lateral development aid to Niger. Since October 2020, Canada has provided a development cooperation program with Niger, which was to reach an annual budget of $10 million by 2026. The program disbursed $2.71M USd in 2021-2022. The announcement reads below: “The...

As this publication reported yesterday, the Nigerian President requested permission from the Senate to allow Nigerian troops to spearhead a possible ECOWAS military intervention after the recent coup in Niger. However, according to Nigerian media senators today rejected military intervention, but did agree to condemn the coup. According to Premium...

The Stage is Set for War: Nigerian President and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bola Tinubu, has formally asked the Nigerian Senate for support to authorize military action in Niger, bringing West Africa one step closer to armed confrontation. The ECOWAS ultimatum to Niger's coup leaders...