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Italian plane with 87 evacuees from Niger arrives in Rome
ROME: An Italian military plane carrying 87 evacuees from Niger, where a coup d’etat took place last week, arrived in Rome early on Wednesday, Reuters…
Niger: Niger crisis deepens as France plans evacuation and coup leaders get support from neighboring juntas
NIAMEY: France on Tuesday announced a planned evacuation from Niger after a military coup there won backing from two other West African nations ruled by…
Niger: China’s oil and uranium business in Niger
BEIJING: China, Niger‘s second-largest foreign investor after former colonial power France, has in the past two decades ploughed billions of dollars into the landlocked West…
Niger: French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
NIAMEY: Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital on Sunday…
Niger: French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
NIAMEY: Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup this week marched through the streets of the capital on Sunday…
‘Exiled’ Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
MOSCOW: Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who remains active despite leading a failed mutiny against the Russian army’s top brass last month, has hailed Niger‘s…
Niger President: Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger’s president | World News
NIAMEY, Niger: Mutinous soldiers claimed to have overthrown Niger‘s democratically elected president, announcing on state television late Wednesday that they have put an end to…
Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown President Bazoum
NIAMEY: Soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger‘s government following an apparent coup in the West African nation on Wednesday when members of the Presidential Guard…
West: Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
DAKAR: Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United…
Niger: Thousands of migrants stranded in north Niger’s scorching desert
ASSAMAKA: A long line of people appears in silhouette, walking along the flat desert in northern Niger. The strong walkers are at the front. The…