Tag: Nigerien
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Niger does not want war, says Nigerien coup leader
The leader of the mutineers who seized power in Niger, Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but will be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation of it,
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Engaging Nigerien military president is like having sex with someone you hate – By Azu Ishiekwene
A good number of people, including me, seems opposed to Nigeria leading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to war in Niger. In one of the most telling anti-war metaphors, a Nigerian columnist and Editor, Lasisi Olagunju, likened military intervention to rubbing buttocks with the porcupine.
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Jihadists wipe out all male Christians in two Nigerien towns, women flee
Jihadists in Niger Republic have wiped out all the male Christians in Fantio and Dolbel, two towns in the Tillabéri region in the south west. Survivors of the attack, a group of women, with small children and babies fled to the Dori region of Burkina Faso. AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED (ACN), which reported…
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Banditry: Rescue Nigerians now from Nigerien army in Sokoto, Senators tell Buhari
….as over 5,000 people already migrated to Niger …Senate demands mmediate rescue operation in the area …300 Nigerians killed within one week The Senate was alarmed Tuesday by Senator Ibrahim Gobir ( APC Sokoto East), while presenting a report that people of his constituency are now at the mercy of Nigerien soldiers for protection against…
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Nigerien Labour minister is dead
Nigerien Labour minister , Mohamed Ben Omar, has died, his party said, without stating the cause of death. He died Sunday at the main hospital of the capital Niamey. His Social Democratic Party confirmed his death via Whatsapp. Niger has recorded 750 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 35 deaths and 518 discharged. President Mahamadou Issoufou…
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The Nigerien Connection, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo In September last year (2017), President Muhammed Buhari received his Nigerien counterpart Mahamadou Issoufou in Daura, Katsina State; Issoufou had reportedly visited, to ask after PMB’s health and also congratulate him on Nigeria’s exit from recession; the discussion, apparently also included “the fight against Boko Haram, the economic challenges in the Lake…