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This was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top Military Leaders to try and get them to step down. Part of this delegation was a former Military Leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. But the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. They met some members of the military but they didnt really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president , to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. We understand the delegation has now...

Benin authorities have arrested five Nigeriens at a port where Niger loads oil for export, sharply escalating a growing diplomatic dispute between the two West African nations.

Armed bandits killed around 20 people in a village in Niger's restive Tillaberi region earlier this week, public radio reported on Wednesday.

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A letter to Washington has put relations in the cooler, as overtures to the Kremlin increase and the president ponders a change of allegiance, On 4 April the Chadian government threatened to cancel the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, the law that regulates the conditions under which the 100 or so US soldiers, mainly Special Forces, operate in the country. Coming so soon after the Niger military junta's breach with the US – which also centred on the SOFA – the letter underlines the fragility of the US position in the Sahel.