A military alliance between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger withdrew their respective ambassadors from Algeria in response to ...

Dozens Set Free but Ex-President Bazoum, Others Remain Wrongfully ImprisonedThis week, Niger's military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, ...

“The junta fears being overthrown, particularly by ‘Bazoumists’—loyalists of the former regime—or even facing dissent within Niger’s own military,” said the Sahel specialist.

Following his emergence in 2022 as the head of the military junta in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore and his government have ...

ShareExperts and stakeholders in the defence and security sector have expressed concerns over the recent withdrawal of the ...

Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest since the 2023 military takeover, was not on the list of those released despite international calls for him to be freed. When the BBC ...

The Niger junta announced on Tuesday evening, April 1, 2025, the release of around 50 individuals, including former ministers ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained ...

Gabon's Brice Oligui Nguema will try to ride the advantages of incumbency and a popular crackdown on corruption to make the ...

Niger's junta has released former officials and military personnel detained after the 2023 coup, part of reforms to transition to democracy. This includes ex-ministers and activists. The move follows ...