Now playing Next Niger ECOWAS delegation arrives in Niger for last-ditch diplomatic push On Friday, the ECOWAS commissioner for peace and security, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said 11 of its 15 member states agreed to commit troops to a military deployment, saying they were “ready to go” whenever the order was given. 19/08/2023
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Now playing Next World News Niger's ousted president is running low on food under house arrest Niger's deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser said Wednesday. 10/08/2023
Now playing Next World News Coup d'état in Niger: Is Russia involved? By fighting jihadists and curbing illegal migration in recent years, Niger has been a security watchdog not only for the Sahel but also for the European Union 09/08/2023
Now playing Next Niger ECOWAS to meet Thursday after Niger junta defies key deadline Mali said it and Burkina Faso, both neighbours of Niger run by military juntas, were sending delegations to Niger to show support. Both countries have said they would consider any intervention in Niger as a declaration of war against them. 07/08/2023
Now playing Next Niger Tension in Niger as deadline to restore democracy expires Niger's new military leaders have said they will not cave in to external pressure to stand down. 06/08/2023
Now playing Next Niger Niger deadline expires Sunday risking military intervention A deadline to restore civilian government after the recent military coup in Niger expires on Sunday but the bloc of West African nations known as ECOWAS says it still prefers a diplomatic solution. 06/08/2023
Now playing Next Niger Niger's coup leaders ask Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for help Niger's military leaders have reportedly asked Russian mercenary group for help against a potential ECOWAS intervention. 05/08/2023
Now playing Next World News Plan agreed for military intervention in Niger as deadline approaches Leaders of the bloc of West African states known as ECOWAS have agreed on a plan for military intervention in Niger unless coup leaders restore civilian rule by Sunday. 05/08/2023
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Now playing Next Niger International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger International pressure mounted Thursday against leaders of the coup in Niger as the American secretary of state said the United States “stands very much” in support of West African leaders who have threatened to use force to restore the nation's democracy, and Senegal offered troops to help. 04/08/2023
Now playing Next Niger Hundreds rally in Niger as country's new junta seeks to justify coup Hundreds demonstrated in support of the new regime in Niamey, as Niger's coup leaders and their supporters remain defiant as a deadline set by neighbouring regional countries to reinstate ousted President Mahomed Bazoum looms. 03/08/2023
Now playing Next No Comment WATCH: Mass rally in Niger in support of the recent coup WATCH: Hundreds of people gather for a mass rally in the Niger capital Niamey in a show of support for the recent military coup with some brandishing giant Russian flags. 03/08/2023
Now playing Next World News Plane carrying 262 evacuees from Niger lands in Paris Foreign nationals lined up outside an airport in Niger's capital on Wednesday morning to wait for a French military evacuation flight, while a regional bloc continued talks about its response to the military coup that took place last week. 02/08/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Niger: France plans evacuation as coup leaders gather support France, Italy and Spain have announced plans to evacuate their citizens from Niger, days after a junta seized power in the country. 01/08/2023