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Neighbours of niger are doing. and there, the african union, as your correspondent said, has been very tough and said, we must restore civilian rule in one weak, the regional organisation in west africa is going to meet tomorrow and i expect they will also take a very tough line because african countries are worried that there will be contagion, either ofjihadist involvement, because the military have not been very effective at dealing with jihadists where theyve taken over, as in mali and burki...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday his country was food secure but was grateful for an offer of free grain made by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg.

Gen. Omar Tchiani spoke on state television as the head of a transitional leadership in the West African country, two days after his troops detained the elected president.

Officers in Niger declared the commander of the presidential guard, General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of a new military government on Friday, two days after the unit seized elected President Mohamed…

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been removed from power, according to a group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation's national television late on Wednesday, hours after the president was held in the presidential palace.

Most recent Niger coup just the latest result of political unrest amid jihadist insurgency.

We are still gathering facts here. and that government, as you know, is led by president bazoum. we specifically urge the elements of the presidential guard to release him from detention and to refrain from any violence. this further complicates western efforts to restore stability to the west african region known as the sahel. when neighbouring mali chose to partner up with russias wagner group in place of the french government, paris moved its centre of operations in the region to niger. the g...

Niger presidential guards are holding President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in the capital, which has been blocked off by military vehicles since Wednesday morning, security sources said.

Constructive dialogue is an essential condition for a peaceful political transition in Mali.

The president of the West African state of Niger was being held by members of his guard on Wednesday in what regional powers condemned as an attempted coup.