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Italians evacuated from Niger arrive at Ciampino Airport, near Rome

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Air France, Turkish Airlines and pan-African airline Asky have not returned to Niamey, despite the reopening of Niger’s skies to commercial flights ea...

Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
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consolidation

Premium badgeAccomplices and Allies: General Tiani seeks to establish control in Niger In power in Niamey since 26 July following the ousting of Mohamed Bazoum, Abdourahamane Tiani is striving to solidify his status as head of state and ...
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projects suspended

Premium badgeCoup d’état in Niger: Is Niamey-Cotonou corridor a lost cause? With funding frozen since the Niger coup, a Niger-Benin road project to facilitate access of Nigerien goods has stalled.

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Italians evacuated from Niger arrive at Ciampino Airport, near Rome

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Premium badgeNiger still isolated after airports reopening Air France, Turkish Airlines and pan-African airline Asky have not returned to Niamey, despite the reopening of Niger’s skies to commercial flights ea...
Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
GR_Tiani_1

consolidation

Premium badgeAccomplices and Allies: General Tiani seeks to establish control in Niger In power in Niamey since 26 July following the ousting of Mohamed Bazoum, Abdourahamane Tiani is striving to solidify his status as head of state and ...

Niger top stories

Italians evacuated from Niger arrive at Ciampino Airport, near Rome

Cut off

Premium badgeNiger still isolated after airports reopening Air France, Turkish Airlines and pan-African airline Asky have not returned to Niamey, despite the reopening of Niger’s skies to commercial flights ea...
Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale Dosso, Niger. (Wikimedia Commons/CC/ Sakou Gado)

pension politics

Premium badgeOp Ed: Francophone Africa coups focus on pension stability Health and pension rights have become a priority for African transitional authorities, who have recognised that social benefits are key to political s...
GR_Tiani_1

consolidation

Premium badgeAccomplices and Allies: General Tiani seeks to establish control in Niger In power in Niamey since 26 July following the ousting of Mohamed Bazoum, Abdourahamane Tiani is striving to solidify his status as head of state and ...

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A soldier from the French Gendarmerie’s Special Intervention Unit (USIGN) in front of an NH90 Caiman helicopter at the Ouallam military base, Niger, on 15 July 2022. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP

WAR TALK

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An Air France Airbus A320 departing from Paris’ Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, October 27, 2015.

sunset tour

Premium badgeMali, Burkina, Niger… The end of a golden age for Air France? By leaving Bamako in a hurry, the French airline has incurred the wrath of the local authorities. With services to several African destinations suspen...
Niger’s military leaders greet supporters at a rally in Seyni-Kountché stadium in Niamey on 26 August, a day after they ordered the French ambassador to leave. (Photo: AFP)

home guard

Premium badgeNiger: 5 questions over call for civilian mobilisation against ECOWAS Thousands of Nigeriens have shown interest in volunteering for a civil defence force, even though the process has not officially begun.
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abracadabra

The ‘disappearance’ of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger: A French paradox In his annual address to the French ambassadors’ conference, the French President reiterated his conviction that three African states would have disap...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu arrives for the venue of the 5th mid-year coordination meeting of the African Union, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Gigiri, Nairobi, on July 16, 2023.

POLITICAL PYROTECHNICS

Premium badgeTinubu’s first 100 days: Strong start gives way to uncertainty Nigeria has high hopes for its new president, and the markets have rewarded his reforms with a ratings upgrade. But criticism over his cabinet selecti...
Silhouettes of members of the regional ECOWAS force are seen at the Denton Bridge check point in Banjul, Gambia January 22, 2017.

not in my name

Premium badgeNiger: How northern Nigeria holds back ECOWAS military action ECOWAS military chiefs say they are ready to intervene in Niger, but a strong political lobby in Nigeria’s north is pushing back. Religious leaders, i...