African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention
AU opposes countries outside Africa getting involved, but gives more nuanced position on any Ecowas military action The African Union (AU) appears to have left...
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Niger closes airspace as deadline to reinstate president passes
Armed forces stand ready, says junta representative, as west African country defies threat of military intervention by regional bloc Niger closed its airspace on Sunday...
Military intervention in Niger is ‘last resort’, says west African bloc
Defence chiefs demand reinstatement of president after coup, which triggered exodus of foreign nationals Defence chiefs from west Africa’s regional political and security bloc have...
France to evacuate European citizens from Niger after coup
Decision comes after junta accused France of plotting to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum France has said it will immediately begin evacuating its citizens and other Europeans...
Niger coup leaders accuse France of plotting military intervention
Junta that seized power claims Paris is aiming to reinstate deposed president as regional tensions grow The military junta that seized power in Niger has...
Ex-Rwandan military policeman found guilty of genocide by Paris court
Philippe Hategekimana also convicted of crimes against humanity relating to mass killings in 1994 A Paris court has found a former Rwandan military policeman guilty...
Paris finance reforms could untie poor countries’ hands in climate crisis
Changes to the World Bank could unlock developing states access to loans and to the means of staving off disaster The Netherlands has almost the...
Former Rwanda police officer on trial in Paris accused of taking part in genocide
Philippe Hategekimana, 66, who started new life in France under false identity, is charged with crimes against humanity A former Rwandan military police officer who...
Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
US aid worker and French journalist freed after years held hostage in Africa
Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois, who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel, were released in Niger A US aid worker and a French...
