Niger’s junta leader cements his grip on power as he is sworn in as president. March 26, 2025. West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states. Dec. 15, 2024.

Niger’s junta has made military preparations to tighten its grip on the country as foreign nations threaten to use force to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s mutinous soldiers closed the country’s airspace and accused foreign powers of preparing an attack, as the new ruling junta defied a deadline to reinstate the ousted ...

Niger’s junta claimed Sunday it had gathered evidence to prosecute the country’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason,” upping the stakes in their brinkmanship against key ...

Niger’s military government took control of Orano SA’s uranium mine, escalating a standoff with the French nuclear-power ...

One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced ...

The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces ...

Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The only way to avoid conflict in Niger between mutinous soldiers who ousted the president and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him is to recognize ...

Mr. Macron has refused to heed orders from Niger’s junta to recall France’s troops and its ambassador, arguing that the directive would have to come from the country’s legitimate authorities.

Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger collapsed as soon as they started. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search Partly Cloudy icon. 64 ...

NIAMEY, Niger — One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No ...