Niger's junta chief has named a new ambassador to Benin in the latest sign of thawing tensions between the two west African neighbours, according to a decree published on Wednesday.

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The European Union said on Saturday it had recalled its envoy from Niger because the ruling junta had questioned the way the bloc delivered aid to the West African country.

The European Union will recall its ambassador from Niger after the country's ruling military questioned an EU delegation's management of humanitarian aid meant for flood victims, the European External ...

Thousands from across the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region were gathering this week in the Nigerien capital of ...

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from working in the country amid tensions with France. The Ministry of the Interior ...

Together with Niger, another junta-led country in the region, they form the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES. Mali junta leader fires prime minister days after he criticizes the military regime ICC ...

Together with Niger, another junta-led country in the region, they form the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES. N’Djim was one of the vice presidents of the National Transitional Council (CNT ...

The two West African states have been ruled by military regimes since coups in 2020 and 2022, joining together with junta-led Niger to form the… Burkina Faso soldiers are seen deployed in ...

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid organisation Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (Acted) from operating in the country, in a move that further strains relations ...