Tag: niger
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France won’t cut cultural ties with Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso – Minister
France does not intend to cut cultural ties with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, the culture minister, Rima Abdul-Malak said. Abdul-Malak said this after entertainment businesses slammed a decision this week
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USA resumes surveillance flights over Niger
United States has resumed its surveillance flights over Niger, which had been interrupted with the military coup at the end of July, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Thursday, specifying that the rest of American military operations in the country remained frozen.
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Niger denounces military cooperation agreement with Benin
Military in power in Niger has said that it had denounced a military cooperation agreement concluded in 2022 with neighbouring Benin, which they accuse of “considering aggression” against their country.
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Palliative ‘wahala’: Watch moment Nigerians struggle to collect foodstuffs
A video clip showing Nigerians in Gwada Ward located in Niger State, North Central struggling to collect foodstuffs tagged palliative. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the clip clearly depict a scramble for palliatives that can never be enough. WATCH: View this post on Instagram A post shared by TheNewsGuru.com | TNG (@thenewsgurung)
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War looming as Niger Junta exposes how France is mobilizing forces, war equipment ahead of invasion
The Niger military administration has accused France of building up forces, and war equipment in several neighbouring West African countries in preparation for an aggression against the country. Relations with France, Niger’s former colonial power, soured after Paris stood by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum following the July coup. In a statement broadcast on national television…
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(TNG ANALYSIS) Coups: ECOWAS, AU’s ‘shakara oloje’ designed to resolve political impasse in Niger, Gabon
Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s hit song ‘Shakara oloje ni’ of the late 1980s succinctly captures the way and manner African regional blocs, the ECOWAS and African Union, AU are handling the resolution of the political impasse in Gabon and Niger. The incursions of military adventurists into civil governance in both African states raised a…
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Niger: Thousands rally to demand withdrawal of French troops
Thousands rallied Saturday, in Niamey to demand that France withdraw its troops from Niger, as sought by the junta that seized power late June.
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Niger crisis: Tinubu insists military intervention last resort
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said all diplomatic options would be exhausted with the military junta in Niger Republic before any military intervention. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu also reiterated the non-acceptance of forceful removal of a democratic government.
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JUST IN: Niger Coup leader gives Nigerian, US, other Ambassadors 48 hours to leave country
Niger’s military administration led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani on Friday gave the German, US and Nigerian ambassadors 48 hours to leave the country.
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Military personnel killed in Niger laid to rest
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday laid to rest the remains of military personnel killed in action and in the recent crash of the Nigerian Air Force MI-171E Helicopter in Niger. The burial ceremony was conducted for 20 of the deceased personnel at