"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

After expelling the French military, the people of Niger are fighting to overthrow the remaining colonial structures ...

It said Nigeria has never engaged in any overt or covert alliance with France ... Niger’s pro-Western leader Mohamed Bazoum, the country’s new military junta has taken a firm anti-French ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ...

The Federal Government on Thursday knocked Niger Republic’s military leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, who alleged collusion between Nigeria and France to destabilise his country.

Niger has freed an editor-in-chief arrested after his TV news channel aired a programme critical of the ruling junta, the ...

An apparent rapprochement between Abuja and Paris has angered Niger, whose junta leaders had already severed ties with the former colonial master, France. The revelation came in an interview given ...

Three junta-ruled countries in Africa's Sahel region will join forces to create a 5,000-strong unit to fight the jihadist violence that has for years plagued the nations, officials said on Tuesday.

Nigeria came hard on the Niger Republic yesterday, dismissing allegations of sinister collusion with France as baseless. The Federal Government also rejected Niger’s claim that Nigeria was ...