By Sam Mednick | Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops …
By Sam Mednick and Chinedu Asadu | Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries …
By Sam Mednick and Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — A senior U.S. diplomat said coup leaders in Niger refused to allow her to meet Monday with the …
By Sam Mednick | Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler, firing some of the previous government’s …
By Sam Mednick | Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger — Economic sanctions could severely hurt one of the world’s poorest nations after a coup unseated one of the West’s last democratic …