Niger Republic

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger sign a deal to oppose ECOWAS

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger sign a deal to oppose ECOWAS

Three military-led West African Sahel countries—Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—have signed a security treaty that will make them support one another against any external aggression. They signed the treaty on Saturday, in a development that appeared to counter the threat posed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Recall that ECOWAS issued threats to intervene militarily following the July coup in Niger, that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. Mali and Burkina Faso have vowed to come to Niger’s aid if it is attacked. ECOWAS and the West have criticized the three countries over military takeovers, which have strained their…
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Niger Reopens Airspace To Commercial  Operations One Month After Coup

Niger Reopens Airspace To Commercial  Operations One Month After Coup

According to the official Niger News Agency (ANP), the military government that took power after a coup in Niger decided to reopen its airspace to commercial flights on Monday. It had been restricted since August 6. The ANP cited a spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport as saying, "The airspace of the Republic of Niger is open to all national and international commercial flights, adding that ground services have also resumed." "Airspace is still closed to all operational military flights and other special flights, which are only authorized subject to prior authorization from the competent authorities", he continued. The Economic…
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Emir Sanusi Meets with Niger Coup Plotters in a crucial meeting

Emir Sanusi Meets with Niger Coup Plotters in a crucial meeting

The 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, has spoken with the coup plotters in the Niger Republic. After the junta called off a meeting with officials of the African Union (AU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and a prominent US ambassador, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) met with the military leadership. A delegation sent by ECOWAS was unable to mediate a settlement with the military authorities because they refused to meet. However, videos of Sanusi, whose Tijjaniya sect has a sizable following in Niger, started to circulate on Wednesday. The sect's Khalifa…
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Military in Niger facing a deadline to undo coup

Military in Niger facing a deadline to undo coup

As the deadline set by the West African group to hand over power or risk armed intervention drew nearer, pressure on the coup's organizers in Niger increased on Sunday. The military forces that overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26 were allowed one week to install him back in office by the ECOWAS bloc, which is headed by regional military juggernauts and Niger's neighbor, Nigeria. The latest of numerous coups that have rocked Africa's Sahel area since 2020, the ECOWAS military chiefs of staff have decided on a strategy for a potential intervention in response to the situation. "We want…
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ECOWAS leaders storm Abuja for an emergency meeting over the Niger Coup.

ECOWAS leaders storm Abuja for an emergency meeting over the Niger Coup.

The capital of Nigeria, Abuja, is already crowded with leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, who will meet urgently to discuss the coup in the Republic of Niger, OHAFIATV News can report. The meeting, which begins in a few minutes at the Presidential Villa, is anticipated to be presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his capacity as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. President Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco of Guinea-Bissau and President Mahamat Kaka of Tchad are among the African leaders who have…
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