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The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum.
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and former president Mahamadou Issoufou, saying the US will continue to work to ensure full restoration of democratic rule in Niger."Secretary Blinken underscored that the United States will continue to work to ensure the full restoration of constitutional order and democratic rule in Niger," US State
General Abdourahamane Tiani, the chief of Niger’s powerful presidential guard who took power after a military coup, is an army veteran who has foiled similar uprisings in the restive West African nation.
Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, the commander of Niger’s presidential guards unit, was appointed head of state on 28 July by a governing council set up by military forces that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Niger’s ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum Washington’s steadfast support, and warned those detaining him that “hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance” was at risk, the State Department said Friday.
Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was arrested late Friday for allegedly stealing a gendarme’s phone and posting a “subversive” message.
A group of US senators and rights activists has urged the Biden administration to withhold a larger portion of US military aid to Egypt, saying the North African country’s human rights record “has continued to deteriorate” over the past year under Pre…
UN, US and France all call for a return to order after Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani declares himself the new head of stateThe United States will work to ensure full restoration of constitutional order in Niger after the military takeover, the secretary of…
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been arrested by the country’s gendarmerie. The news was confirmed late on Friday by members of his Patriots of Senegal party as well as his lawyer, Juan Branco. For more on this rapidly developing story …
Emmanuel Macron says France won’t recognise leaders of ‘dangerous’ coup