Airlines were forced to divert some flights after Niger restricted its airspace on Sunday night, making it more difficult for planes to fly across parts of Africa. According to Bloomberg,... read more →
Niger closed its airspace on Sunday until further notice. The national leaders are citing the threat of military intervention from the West African regional bloc after coup leaders rejected a... read more →
China's foreign ministry says it believes Niger and other regional countries have the wisdom and capability to find a "political resolution" to the current situation, referring to last week's coup... read more →
Benin says that work on a major oil pipeline linking it with neighbouring Niger has not been impacted by sanctions imposed on Niamey. The measures were put in place by... read more →
West African defense chiefs conclude a two-day meeting on Thursday. There they discussed last week's coup in Niger - talks they have promised will send a strong message about their... read more →
The United States is set to evacuate some staff and families from its embassy in Niger. This after military officers seized power there, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, even... read more →
Josep Borrell Fontelles, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission said, nearly one year after it was signed in... read more →
The first plane carrying French nationals and citizens of other European countries evacuated from Niger. The aircraft landed in Paris on Wednesday. According to Reuters journalists at the airport, the... read more →
The French foreign ministry says it will soon start evacuating its nationals in Niger following a coup last week. It said that amid the deteriorating security situation, evacuations by air... read more →