Tchiani’s claims might have been partly based on assertions eleven days earlier by Nigerian health practitioner, Shehu Mahdi, alleging the presence of French troops in Nigeria. He had backed this with ...

Nigeria as the bigger brother who also has no fears of foreign invasion, should take the first step. So, when is Nuhu Ribadu going to Niamey?

The Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has accused certain Nigerian politicians of exploiting the ongoing political crisis in Niger ...

It should immediately send emissaries to Niamey. It can follow up with a meeting between President Tinubu and General Tchiani. Nigeriens and Nigerians on both sides of the colonial border are same ...

International legal sovereignty also becomes an issue when we consider that respect for international law and treaty ...

Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.

Filingue prison, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Niamey, is notorious for holding political dissidents.

Niger’s military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani ended 2024 by accusing Nigeria of plotting to destabilise his country ...

A Niger court on Friday jailed a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, one month after he was detained following a trip abroad, his NGO said.

A Niger Republic court on Friday sent Moussa Tchangari, a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, to jail one month after ...

The turning back on France by African countries reflects the growing demand for a broader push to erase the vestiges of French colonial influence.

At least ten civilians were unintentionally killed in a military airstrike targeting a terrorist hideout in Nigeria's Sokoto ...