World Aug 30 Gabon’s president deposed in coup, republican guard chief appointed as head of state Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest.
World Aug 22 The African Union suspends Niger until ‘the effective restoration of constitutional order’ The council of the 55-nation bloc made the decision after mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's democratically elected president and quickly entrenched themselves in power.
World Aug 18 Niger’s neighbors running out of options as defense chiefs discuss potential military force Defense chiefs from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, were meeting Thursday in Ghana to discuss next steps in their stated goal of restoring Bazoum.
Politics Aug 16 First major jihadi attack since Niger coup kills 17 and wounds dozens Insurgents killed 17 soldiers and wounded nearly 24 in the first major attack in half a year against the army in Niger, where Western powers fear a coup by the elite presidential guard last month is weakening a rare ally…
World Aug 15 A human rights group in Niger says it can’t get access to officials who were detained following coup A spokesperson for the ruling junta has said the detained officials were being treated humanely. The junta says it plans to prosecute Bazoum for "high treason" and undermining state security, crimes that are eligible for the death penalty.
World Aug 14 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as a U.S. ambassador visits jailed reporter Gershkovich in Russia U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage.
World Aug 13 Niger’s junta has gained upper hand over West African bloc threatening military action, analysts say One week after a deadline to reinstate Niger's ousted president or face military intervention, the coup leaders appear to have gained the upper hand over the regional group that issued the threat, analysts say.
World Aug 11 West African nations order troops to restore democracy in Niger after military coup Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered troops deployed to restore Niger’s flailing democracy.
World Aug 10 AP report: Niger’s junta told U.S. they would kill deposed president if neighbors intervene militarily Representatives of the junta told U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of the threat to Bazoum during her visit to the country this week, a Western military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of…
World Aug 09 2 weeks after being deposed and under house arrest, Niger’s ousted president is said to be running low on food President Mohamed Bazoum is being held at the presidential palace with his wife and son.