September 25, 2023
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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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’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is free and can travel abroad for medical treatment, the country’s junta said as it appointed a new prime minister. Raymond Ndong Sima, an economist, was named “prime minister of the transition,” according to a statement read
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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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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 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’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president. The junta leader, Brig. Gen. Abdrahmane Tchiani, signed two
READ MORENiger’s junta has authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president. The junta leader, Brig. Gen. Abdrahmane Tchiani, signed two executive orders authorizing the “security forces of Burkina Faso
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Advertisement Myanmar’s military government junta is threatening legal action against anyone found to be in possession of foreign currency without the proper authorization, as it makes increasingly desperate moves to shore up the country’s economy. The Central Bank announced on Sunday that those in possession of foreign currencies without permission will face charges under the
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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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