The French newspaper reports that Morocco is currently engaged in discussions regarding the potential release of former Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained in Niamey since July 2023.

Relations between Nigeria and its northern Sahel neighbour, Niger, have been tense since the military took over in Niamey in 2023 and broke away from the Economic Community of West African States.

In January 2024, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially established the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), marking their exit from ECOWAS and solidifying a united front for regional security and ...

The heads of state of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso formed the Alliance of Sahel States in Niamey to break away from what they call Western influenceImage: Mahamadou Hamidou/REUTERS Advertisement ...

The foreign minister of junta-ruled Niger has summoned the charge d’affaires at the Nigerian embassy, accusing the neighbouring nation of “serving as a rear base” to “destabilise” the ...

The Libyan Industry Union announced yesterday that the Al-Sahel Holding Group’s Al-Sayah Industrial Complex ... ‘‘Made in Libya’’, Niamey, Niger 6 to 11 March 2023: to aid exports, transit trade and ...

The withdrawal of French forces in the Sahel has exacerbated insecurity. For over six decades, Chad was a crucial ally to French and US forces in their counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel. But ...

the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), after severing ties with France, and pivoting towards Russia. They held their own ministerial-level meeting Friday in Niger's capital, Niamey. "The ministers ...

The departure of the three could have a major impact on free trade and movement as well as on security cooperation in a region where jihadist groups are gaining ground across the Sahel.

NIAMEY, Niger, Dec 13, 2024 (BFF/AFP ... The statement from the trio of countries in the volatile Sahel region came just as the regional group, the Economic Community of West African States, prepared ...