World
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Africa
8/11/2023 6:44:14 PM
As both the UN rights chief and the African Union expressed alarm regarding the worsening detention conditions of deposed Niger president Mohamed Bazoum, West African military chiefs are scheduled to convene on Saturday after a summit mandated the deployment of a "standby force" to address the crisis.
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World
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Region
8/11/2023 1:27:39 PM
Tensions are escalating between Niger's new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger's flailing democracy.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2023 9:34:53 PM
Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials told The Associated Press.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2023 5:21:06 PM
West African leaders on Thursday said they firmly supported diplomacy in the search to end the crisis in Niger, stepping back from a threat to intervene militarily in the coup-stricken country.
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World
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Africa
8/10/2023 12:17:00 PM
In their latest show of resistance against international pressure, the military leaders in Niger who seized power in a coup last month have formed a new government, according to a decree read out on national television on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/9/2023 9:01:00 PM
While the old colonial power, France, maintains a military presence in Niger, along with the United States, this did not save the African nation from the recent upheavals taking place in the African continent
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World
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Africa
8/9/2023 8:12:18 PM
Niger's new military rulers on Wednesday accused France, the country's traditional ally, of having released captured jihadists and breaching a ban on air space on the eve of a key summit on the Sahel's latest crisis.
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World
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Africa
8/9/2023 10:34:46 AM
Coup-hit Niger's neighbours have not ruled out military intervention, Nigeria's president said, ahead of a West African coalition's crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/8/2023 9:22:00 PM
The West African states of Mali and Burkina Faso share a heavy legacy of military coups in their fight against terrorism and political instability.
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Opinion
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8/8/2023 8:22:00 PM
Events in Niger following the military coup carried out on 26 July against the democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum casts their shadow on the region, and worldwide.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/8/2023 7:16:57 PM
Another proxy war looks to be in the offing in Africa, this time against the background of the recent military coup in the West African state of Niger, writes Mostafa Ahmady
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World
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Africa
8/8/2023 5:38:07 PM
Niger's military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to reinstall the ousted president, rejecting a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union and United Nations on Tuesday, according to a letter seen by The Associated Press.
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World
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Africa
8/8/2023 4:23:36 PM
France stands by its policy of backing efforts to "restore democracy" in Niger where the president was removed by a military coup, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday.
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World
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Africa
8/8/2023 12:02:40 PM
The second-ranking US diplomat met Niger's military leaders on Monday to press to reverse a coup but reported no headway a day after an ultimatum from the West African bloc ECOWAS was ignored.
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World
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Africa
8/7/2023 10:35:56 PM
The United States said Monday it still saw a chance to end Niger's coup diplomatically, after the military ignored an ultimatum to restore the elected government.
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World
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Africa
8/7/2023 9:28:24 PM
Nearly two weeks have passed since the coup in Niger, and the two men making competing claims to power have gone quiet in recent days. One is the ousted president, who said last week he’s being held hostage and has been publicly silent since then. The other is the military junta leader who asserts he acted out of concern for the country's security and has encouraged Nigeriens to defend it from any foreign intervention.
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World
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Africa
8/6/2023 8:16:06 PM
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 prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means. In the capital, coup leaders appeared at a stadium rally where a chicken decorated in the colors of former colonizer France was beheaded, to cheers.
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World
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Africa
8/6/2023 10:07:20 AM
Pressure on Niger's coup leaders mounted Sunday with the approach of the deadline set by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS for the military to relinquish control or face possible armed intervention.
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World
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Africa
8/5/2023 11:02:56 PM
Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu to reconsider a threatened military intervention against junta leaders in neighbouring Niger, ahead of a Sunday deadline to reinstate the country's elected government.
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World
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Africa
8/5/2023 12:56:29 PM
Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger and restore its democracy collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions have escalated as the Sunday deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African countries.
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