Niger coup leaders close airspace, ignore international deadline to reinstate president 05:17. Johannesburg — A regional bloc of 15 nations in West Africa that had given the military coup ...

Soldiers in Niger announce coup as guards take president hostage 04:36. Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general ...

Niger’s armed forces have been bringing in reinforcements to the capital to prepare for a potential military intervention, a military source told CNN, just hours after the military junta running ...

The African Union has suspended Niger following the takeover of the West African country by a military junta on July 26. In a much-anticipated statement, the African Union (AU) – a union of 55 ...

Soldiers in Niger have announced a coup, imposing a curfew and closing borders in a country that is a key U.S. ally in West Africa. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Niger's ...

Niger’s military government said Thursday it foiled a late-night escape attempt by deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to flee to neighboring Nigeria after being held in custody for nearly three ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) ... The four were transporting electrical equipment from Casablanca to Niamey, the capital of Niger, and had been on the road for more than 20 days along the 3,000-mile ...

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Rebel soldiers in Niger deposed the country’s Western-allied president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week, amid a backdrop of political upheaval, a rise in Islamist extremism and growing Russian ...