(VOVWORLD) - The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally suspended Niger's membership until constitutional order is restored in the country
(VOVWORLD) - At least 29 Niger soldiers were killed in an attack by armed insurgents near the country's border with Mali, the West African nation's defence ministry said in...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger has accepted an Algerian offer to mediate in its political crisis, Algeria's foreign ministry said on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - At least a dozen Niger soldiers were killed following an attack by hundreds of armed insurgents on motorbikes in the country's southwest on Thursday morning, the West African...
(VOVWORLD) - France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to counter...
(VOVWORLD) - The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel "out of an abundance of caution," US officials told Reuters...
(VOVWORLD) - Gabon’s deposed president Ali Bongo has been released from house arrest and is free to leave the country for medical treatment, the military which removed him from power...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger army officials are now in talks with France and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on a number of issues related to the recent coup in Niger....
(VOVWORLD) - General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was sworn in on Monday in Gabon’s capital city Libreville as the interim head of state, less than a week after President Ali...
(VOVWORLD) - Gabon's army said on Saturday that it would reopen the country's borders, which were closed after the military coup of ousted ex-president Ali Bongo. The decision...
(VOVWORLD) - African leaders are scrambling to deal with a recent military coup in Gabon as the international community expressed deep concern over the situation in the West African state
(VOVWORLD) - The European Union's foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to take steps against military leaders who seized power in Niger in late July
(VOVWORLD) - The military, who staged a coup in Gabon on Wednesday, announced the commander of the Republican Guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, as the "interim president" of the West African...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger's military junta on Wednesday decided to lift the curfew imposed after the coup d'etat toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, and announced the cancellation of all security and...
(VOVWORLD) - A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television Gabon 24 on Wednesday, declaring they have seized power and rejected the result of a recent general election where...
(VOVWORLD) - Algeria is proposing an initiative to resolve the political crisis in neighboring Niger with a six-month transition period led by a civilian, Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said on...
(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of supporters of the junta in Niger dispersed on Monday after two consecutive days of rallying outside the French Embassy in Niamey while security forces have been deployed...
(VOVWORLD) - The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document issued by its defence...
(VOVWORLD) - Niger has authorised Mali and Burkina Faso's armed forces to intervene on its territory in case of an attack, the countries said in a joint statement on Thursday,...
(VOVWORLD) - Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of Western States (ECOWAS), said Monday that ECOWAS has rejected the Niger junta’s three...