A prominent Niger journalist has been missing for two months, and the military government has still not said where he is held. Human Rights Watch, an international rights group, called on Wednesday, 28 October, for the authorities to disclose where Moussa…
Algeria has decided to send army units to Niger, according to a presidency communiqué issued in Algiers on Monday 26 October 2026. The stated purpose is to protect energy and economic interests that the two countries share, and no official source says…
The Mauritania neighbours are Senegal, Mali, Algeria and Western Sahara, and each border brings a different story for US readers. Together they decide who shares a gas field, who shelters refugees and who talks peace over a disputed desert territory.
NIGER · SECURITY FINANCE Three years after the coup, Niger’s military government is paying for its war mostly with levies on wages, firms and fuel. Niger’s military government has raised 71.2 billion CFA francs (about US$122 million) for its security fund since…
The rivalry between al-Qaeda’s JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province has grown into a regional war that, according to Africanews, now reaches western Niger and northwestern Nigeria. For US readers, it threatens gold and uranium supply chains, counter-terrorism policy and…
Horn of Africa · Explainer Djibouti military bases belong to five foreign powers: the United States, China, France, Japan and Italy. This small country of about 1.1 million people sits at the southern gate of the Red Sea, the sea route to…
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger — insurgencies and regional responses.
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