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Niger junta slams UN chief for General Assembly ‘obstruction’

Rebel elite soldiers overthrew president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 and have since detained him. Niger’s coup leaders accused the head of the United Nations on Friday of obstructing their participation in the body’s General Assembly, saying it was “likely to undermine any effort to end the crisis in our country”. Rebel elite soldiers overthrew

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French official held captive for 5 days by Niger’s junta released

A French official detained in Niger last week has been released, the French government said Thursday. The arrest heightened tensions between France and Niger, where military officers deposed an elected president last month and ordered French officials to leave. France’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Stephane Jullien, counselor for French citizens abroad, was

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Gabon will ‘respect all commitments’ after coup, says junta

Gabon will respect all its commitments at home and abroad, the junta announced on Thursday, aiming to “reassure all donors, development partners and the state’s creditors” a day after President Ali Bongo was ousted. The country’s main opposition alliance meanwhile urged coup leaders to acknowledge it won the August 26 presidential election. FRANCE 24’s Indira Ayuk

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Niger junta says French ambassador is being expelled by police

Coup leaders have made French influence one of their top targets as they rally domestic support Niger’s military rulers have announced that they have “instructed the police” to “expel” the French ambassador in Niamey, in a letter to Paris seen by the AFP news agency on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT According to the letter from the Ministry

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Gabon awaits next move from junta after coup ousts President Bongo

Gabon on Thursday awaited the next move by its new military junta one day after it overthrew the government, named a new leader and detained long-standing President Ali Bongo in his residence. The junta declared the takeover on national television before dawn on Wednesday and cancelled election results that minutes earlier had handed Bongo a

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Niger junta vows transition to civilian rule within three years

General Abdourahmane Tchiani gave no details on the plan, saying on state television only that the principles for the transition would be decided within 30 days at a dialogue to be hosted by the junta. The leader of mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger’s democratically elected president said Saturday night that they will return the country

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