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- French soldiers assist mostly French nationals in a bus waiting to be airlifted back to France on a French military aircraft, at the international Airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris cited recent violence that targeted the French Embassy as one of the reasons for the evacuation. The decision comes during a deepening crisis sparked by the coup last week against Niger's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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Niger crisis deepens as European nations evacuate and coup leaders get support from other juntas
By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press
Tue,08/01/23-12:00AM , 439 Reads
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A French military transport plane carrying Europeans from Niger arrived in Paris Wednesday, in the first such evacuation flight since mutinous soldiers ousted the country’s democratically elected president nearly a week ago and shut its borders.
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- Children rest in a hut on the side of the road crowded with some 140 people in Niamey, Niger, Monday, July 31, 2023. In the capital of Niger, many people live in makeshift shelters tied together with slats of wood, sheets and plastic tarps because they can't pay rent, and they scramble daily to make enough money to feed their children. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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Niger will face sanctions as democracy falls apart, adding to woes for more than 25 million people
By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press
Mon,07/31/23-4:16AM , 656 Reads
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Neighboring nations are levying economic sanctions over a coup last week that toppled one of the West's l
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- Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Days after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control. The sign reads: "Down with France, long live Putin." (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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French embassy in Niger is attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital
By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press
Sun,07/30/23-4:18AM , 527 Reads
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing the country's former colonial power, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd.
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- Supporters of mutinous soldiers in Niger ransacked and set fire to the ruling party headquarters of President Mohamed Bazoum. (July 27)
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Soldiers declare Niger general as head of state after he led a coup and detained the president
By SAM MEDNICK - Associated Press
Fri,07/28/23-2:38AM , 808 Reads
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that
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