…the elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Since then, the junta has struggled to contain jihadist violence while also navigating a tense relationship with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which condemned the coup.As of the time of this report, the government had not issued any further official state…

…Niger has been ruled for three years by a military junta that has struggled to contain jihadist violence, which has blighted the west African country for around a decade. “There was an attempt by insurgents from the Nigerien armed forces to enter the presidential palace,” a security source told AFP. “They were pushed b…

…Niger has been ruled for three years by a military junta that has struggled to contain jihadist violence, which has blighted the west African country for around a decade. The origins of Saturday’s shooting were not immediately clear but the military said: “In light of current events, let us remain calm and avoid sharin…

…success. Niger, governed by a military junta for three years, has been plagued by jihadist violence and saw a spate of kidnappings of Westerners last year. Wamaps, a collective of journalists in west Africa, said last year that Rideout was “abducted just a few streets away from the presidential palace right in the city…

…military coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, as well as persistent insurgency and jihadist violence in the Sahel.Although Guinea-Bissau has largely avoided the scale of violence experienced in parts of the region, ECOWAS maintains a stabilisation mission in the country to support constitutional order and deter poten…