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Italian plane with 87 evacuees from Niger arrives in Rome
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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…

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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…

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Niger: China's oil and uranium business in Niger
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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…

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Niger: French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
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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…

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Niger: French embassy in Niger attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
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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…

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'Exiled' Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin hails Niger coup, touts services
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‘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…

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Niger President: Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger's president | World News
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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…

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Niger soldiers claim to have overthrown President Bazoum
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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…

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West: Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
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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…

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Niger: Thousands of migrants stranded in north Niger's scorching desert
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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…

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