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West African leaders on Sunday kept sanctions imposed on Niger after a July military coup and said they would need to see progress towards a transition to civilian rule before easing the measures.…

Fifty years ago, the U.S. government backed a coup that ousted Chile's democratically elected socialist president. Rotting in the Sun and El Conde offer subversive glimpses into the coup's legacy.…

The EU said Monday it would hold Niger's putschists responsible for all attacks on civilians, diplomatic personnel and embassies after supporters of a military coup rallied outside the embassy of former colonial ruler France,…

Receive free Niger updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Nigernews every morning. Nigeria’s president has issued a strong warning to the coup leaders in neighbouring Niger, telling them that regional…

The leaders of Niger's military coup said on Sunday they believed regional body ECOWAS was on the point of staging a military intervention in the capital of the Sahel country. Issued on: 30/07/2023 -…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the streets in the capital Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) - Niger's military leaders warned against any armed intervention in the country as West…

The European Union and France have cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened to do the same after military leaders this week announced they had overthrown the democratically elected president,…

2/2 © Reuters. An aerial view of the streets in the capital Niamey, Niger July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara 2/2 NIAMEY (Reuters) - The European Union has cut off financial support to Niger and the United States has threatened…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Niger's ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum Washington's steadfast support, and warned those detaining him that "hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance" was at risk, the State…

Receive free Niger updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Nigernews every morning. The head of Niger’s presidential guard has declared himself leader of the west African country after instigating the…