Tag: Niamey
At the expense of Paris, military cooperation with Moscow takes shape in Niamey
The new security cooperation between Niger and Russia is being established. Russian instructors arrived on Wednesday in Niamey, which also received its first delivery of Russian military equipment, Nigerien public…
what consequences after the denunciation of the military agreement between Niamey and Washington?
Their relationship had deteriorated, but the rupture now seems complete between Niger and the United States. Niamey denounced, on Saturday March 16, the military cooperation agreement with Washington, which has…
End of the French commitment with the departure of the last soldiers
The French army bows out in Niger. At the request of the junta in power since the coup in July, the last soldiers wearing the colors of the tricolor left…
Consequence of execrable relations with Niamey since the coup d’état, Paris closes its embassy
The very poor relations between France and Niger, since the generals came to power in Niamey during a coup d’état on July 26, ended in divorce. Paris has decided to…
All French soldiers will have definitively left the country “by December 22” announces Niamey
All French soldiers deployed in Niger as part of the anti-jihadist fight will have left the country by December 22, announced the military regime that came to power through a…
Niamey considers that France is “not in the logic of leaving Niger”
Tension remains as high as ever between Paris and Niamey. A week after Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of the withdrawal of Niger’s tricolor troops by the end of the year, the…
Niamey accepted Algerian mediation
Discussions between the military who took power by force in Niger and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) produced nothing. But Algeria could manage to open a dialogue…
Sylvain Itté, the French ambassador, left Niamey
The French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, whose expulsion the military regime in power had demanded for several weeks, left Niamey early Wednesday morning, said a diplomatic source at the…
The ruling junta in Niamey accuses Paris of preparing an “aggression”
The showdown continues between the new masters of Niger and France. The military regime resulting from a coup d’etat accused Paris on Saturday of “deploying its forces” in several West…
In Niamey, thousands of Nigeriens demand the departure of French troops
Anti-French sentiment is hardly fading in Niger. Again this Saturday, several thousand Nigeriens protested in Niamey against the presence of French armed forces in Niger. This rally was thus held…