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Senegal’s President Faye looks to reunite ECOWAS, a bloc split by coups

July 8, 2024 admin

Senegal President Basirou Diomaye Faye. File | Photo Credit: AP Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye, Africa’s youngest, is suddenly faced with a huge challenge of reuniting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a weakened regional bloc that is older than him. The 44-year-old Faye was tasked on July 7 with getting the military junta-ruled…

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France To Withdraw Ambassador, Troops From Niger: President Macron

September 24, 2023 admin

Macron said that military cooperation was “over” (File) Paris: President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”. Macron’s announcement comes two months after a coup in the…

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Niger’s Military Rulers Ban French Aircraft From Its Airspace

September 24, 2023 admin

Air France told AFP simply that it was “not flying over Niger airspace”. (Representational) Niamey: Niger’s military rulers have banned “French aircraft” from flying over the country’s airspace, according to the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) website. Niger’s airspace is “open to all national and international commercial flights…

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Thousands rally in Niger seeking withdrawal of French troops

September 2, 2023 admin

A supporter holds a t-shirt reading “France Must Go” as supporters of Niger’s National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 02, 2023 to demand the departure of the French army from Niger. | Photo Credit: AFP Thousands rallied Saturday in the Niger capital Niamey…

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