• Gen. Abdrahmane Tchiani, signed two executive orders authorizing the "security forces of Burkina Faso and Mali to intervene on Niger territory in the event of aggression," senior junta official Oumarou Ibrahim Sidi said late Thursday, after hosting a delegation from the two countries in the Nigerien capital, Niamey. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • The military juntas of Burkina Faso and Mali are directly oriented towards cooperation with Moscow. (newsinfrance.com)
  • The Niger Republic junta, has formed a military alliance with the neighbouring countries of Burkina Faso and Mali, amid threat of military intervention by ECOWAS. (hallmarknews.com)
  • The rulers of Burkina Faso and Mali also seized power in coups. (hallmarknews.com)
  • A similar agreement already exists between Burkina Faso and Mali. (hallmarknews.com)
  • Coups are rampant in Sahel, and neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali each had two apiece since 2020, but they didn't incur the same international condemnation and pressure as the one in Niger. (wkrn.com)
  • Niger's military junta has also accused France of sending troops and military equipment to the West African countries of Benin, Ivory Coast and Senegal to invade Niger and overthrow the military regimes in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Supporters or Niger's ruling junta, accompanied by some security forces, stand guard at a roundabout in Niamey, Niger, early Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, checking cars for weapons and keeping an eye out for foreign intervention. (wtnh.com)
  • Before last month's ouster of Bazoum, Niger, a former French colony, was seen as the West's last major partner against jihadi violence in the Sahel region below the Sahara Desert, which is rife with anti-French sentiment. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • President Bazoum also said Mali had not sent troops to secure its part of the 'Three Border Area', a point in the Sahel where the borders of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger meet, adding that the territory had been taken over by Islamic State fighters. (wadr.org)
  • Mali has since left the dormant organisation after a military coup, while deposed Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum said in May last year that the force is now "dead" following Mali's departure. (thelawyerdaily.com)
  • Following the July coup in Niger, ECOWAS activated a standby force and threatened violence if the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum was not reinstated and constitutional order restored. (hallmarknews.com)
  • Under Bazoum, Niger was considered one of the last strategic partners of the West in the fight against the advance of Islamist terrorists in the Sahel. (hallmarknews.com)
  • In Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum was displaced by a July 26 coup that put Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani into leadership. (africatimes.com)
  • All three countries have undergone coups since 2020, most recently Niger, where soldiers in July overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum. (sierraleonetimes.com)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin has engaged in a telephone conversation with Mali's military leader, Assimi Goita, discussing the volatile situation in Niger following the recent coup that unseated democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26th. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • Under ousted President Bazoum, Niger maintained alliances with Western nations. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • It says it plans to prosecute Bazoum for "high treason" and undermining state security, crimes that are eligible for the death penalty in Niger. (wkrn.com)
  • The West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS has threatened to use military force if Bazoum is not reinstated to office and has activated a standby force to restore order in Niger. (wkrn.com)
  • Recall that ECOWAS issued threats to intervene militarily following the July coup in Niger, that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. (truevoiceafrica.com)
  • Macron has consistently insisted that the discredited French puppet President Bazoum and the presence of the French military in Niger are legitimate, despite mass protests by working people and youth against French and NATO troops in Niger and across the region. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • The ECOWAS organization, which unites more than 10 countries, said that it does not rule out intervention in Niger to restore the legitimate government. (newsinfrance.com)
  • In a new twist to counter the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), three West African Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, all under military juntas, have on Saturday signed a security pact promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any rebellion or external aggression. (thelawyerdaily.com)
  • The latest coup in Niger drove a further wedge between the three countries of the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has threatened to use force to restore constitutional rule in the country. (thelawyerdaily.com)
  • After the recent coup in Niger, the regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , has threatened to use force to restore constitutional rule in the country. (myind.net)
  • Saturday's new agreement follows alignment among the three nations in response to challenges from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in particular, since the most recent coup in Niger. (africatimes.com)
  • ECOWAS, which counts all three Sahel nations as member states, has threatened military intervention in Niger, while the new agreement commits the three parties to protecting the sovereignty of each. (africatimes.com)
  • The West African regional bloc Ecowas has threatened to intervene militarily in Niger over the coup. (sierraleonetimes.com)
  • As part of war preparations for aggression against Niger, France continues to deploy its forces in several ECOWAS countries and is considering it in collaboration with this organization," declared the spokesman of Niger's military regime, Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • In Niger, the already existing successful cooperation with Niger's security forces is to be intensified, in order to further support local capacity building. (bmz.de)
  • One main focus of their visit will be meetings with Niger's President, with their respective ministerial colleagues, and between the German defence minister and the German soldiers deployed in Niger. (bmz.de)
  • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Niger's junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger's democratically elected president. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • The junta's agreement with Mali and Burkina Faso was the latest of several actions taken by Niger's mutinous soldiers to defy sanctions and consolidate a junta they have said would rule for up to three years, further escalating the crisis after last month's coup in the country of more than 25 million people. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • Mali and Burkina Faso have vowed to come to Niger's aid if it is attacked. (thelawyerdaily.com)
  • Mali and Burkina Faso had previously promised to come to Niger's aid in the event of an attack. (myind.net)
  • The firm stance taken by Mali against foreign interference in Niger's affairs sends a clear message to international entities about the potential repercussions of their actions. (bnn.network)
  • This martyred town had remained under the grip of terrorists and their sponsors, who are responsible for destabilising Mali and the Sahel as a whole," said Colonel Major Abdramane Amadou, a member of Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP). (skynewsafrica.net)
  • But Washington has negotiated an agreement with Niger's military junta and resumed fighter and drone air operations in Niger from Air Base 201, located in the northern city of Agadez. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Bamako) - Islamist armed groups have killed over 420 civilians and driven tens of thousands from their homes during attacks in western Niger since January 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. (hrw.org)
  • It is reported that the ceremony took place in the capital of Mali, Bamako. (newsinfrance.com)
  • Bamako (AFP) - The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali's capital Bamako. (sierraleonetimes.com)
  • BAMAKO, Mali, December 12 (UNHCR) - Hidjaba is struggling to take care of her family - like nearly 200,000 other Malians who have fled the north of their country to escape the fighting that erupted between various armed groups and government forces last January. (unhcr.org)
  • The three heads of state-Assimi Goita of Mali, Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso and Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger-met in the capital of Mali, Bamako, to sign the AES charter. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Until 2019, most of these attacks occurred in southeastern Niger by the Nigeria-based groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). (hrw.org)
  • North African states have seen an uptick in the number of migrants arriving and risking the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Southern Europe since a military coup in Niger severed cooperation between the West African nation and the EU. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Following the coup in Niger in July, analysts say there has been a notable transformation in the latitude afforded people smugglers, who appear to be operating with a heightened sense of impunity in the region. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Before the Niger coup) the same military leaders who grabbed the power had effectively implemented the EU's anti-migration policy in Niger. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The coup in Niger took place in July. (newsinfrance.com)
  • The alliance allows Mali and Burkina Faso to provide military assistance to Niger in the event of military intervention against the junta which took power in a July 26 coup. (hallmarknews.com)
  • Putin has previously advocated for a return to constitutional order in Niger, while Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin welcomed the coup and offered assistance. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • Since the coup, support for Russia has gained momentum in Niger. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - A senior U.S. diplomat said coup leaders in Niger refused to allow her to meet Monday with the West African country's democratically elected president, whom she described as under "virtual house arrest. (wtnh.com)
  • what are now Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were at first united as Upper Senegal and Niger, with Niger being classed as a military territory, ruled from Zinder. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Niger military territory was split off from Upper Senegal and Niger in 1911, becoming a separate colony in 1922. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eventually, in August 1960, both Mali (at that point part of the short-lived Federation of Mali with Senegal) and Niger were granted full independence and their mutual frontier became an international one between two independent states. (wikipedia.org)
  • To coincide with the African Cup of Nations, stars including Moumouni Dagano from Burkina Faso, Demba Ba from Senegal, Seydou Keïta from Mali and Lawali Idrissa from Niger have all joined Oxfam's fight against hunger in their own countries, determined to give more visibility to this crisis in order to save lives and livelihoods. (oxfam.org)
  • Three military-led West African Sahel countries-Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger-have signed a security treaty that will make them support one another against any external aggression. (truevoiceafrica.com)
  • Despite signing a security pact last month promising to defend each other against rebels or aggressors, at least 29 Nigerien soldiers were recently killed in a reported ambush near the country's border with Mali. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a security pact promising to help each other in the event of any rebellion insurgency or external aggression. (myind.net)
  • This warning was issued in the context of a mutual defense pact established between the military juntas of Mali and Niger, a move that signifies their collective intent to resist foreign interventions. (bnn.network)
  • The mutual defense pact between Mali and Niger can be seen as a collective stance against foreign interventions, potentially altering the dynamics of international relations with the West African region. (bnn.network)
  • In making their support formal, Mali junta leader, Assimi Goita, revealed on X that they signed the pact. (truevoiceafrica.com)
  • The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a defense pact on September 16, establishing a military alliance called the Alliance of Sahel States (AES in French). (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Niger was swept up in a spate of military coups that began in 2020 and has since toppled governments in Mali and Burkina Faso. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Parly said in November that France expected the new force to deploy in Mali by 2020 . (thedefensepost.com)
  • After six French citizens were killed just outside Niamey in 2020, France -- previously the main source of tourists -- declared Niger a "red zone" and recommended travel there be avoided. (africanews.com)
  • Created in 2014, the alliance which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Niger was to help the countries jointly tackle Islamist militants. (wadr.org)
  • Parly noted that Chad "should soon be deploying an additional battalion" in the tri-border zone within the regional G5 Sahel Joint Force (FCG5S ), which also includes troops from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania. (thedefensepost.com)
  • However, so far UNHCR has received only US$71.5 million of the US$123.5 million it requested for this year to assist IDPs in Mali, as well as tens of thousands of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania. (unhcr.org)
  • What is now the Mali-Niger border was initially delimited by the Commanders of Gao and Niamey on 26 August 1909. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Mali-Niger boundary was further delimited in 1928-29 and 1937-38, being finalised at a convention in Niamey on 3 April 1939. (wikipedia.org)
  • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials who were detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the African country's democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago. (wkrn.com)
  • Violent extremists, many with links to Al-Qaeda and Daesh, have grown particularly active in the "three-borders" area since French and UN troops departed from southeast Mali, ending vital air reconnaissance support. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Both government members made it clear that Germany will still continue to meet its responsibilities towards the Sahel region after the planned withdrawal of Bundeswehr troops from Mali. (bmz.de)
  • The German government plans to withdraw Bundeswehr troops from Mali by May 2024, whilst simultaneously scaling up its development policy engagement in the Sahel region. (bmz.de)
  • Minister Schulze said , "Although the Bundeswehr troops will be withdrawing from Mali, Germany will remain engaged in the region. (bmz.de)
  • The invitation of troops from Mali and Burkina Faso as well as the expulsion of the French ambassador show "a very strong alignment" between the regimes of the two countries and that of Niger "in terms of having a very strong anti-Western and pro-authoritarian orientation," said Nate Allen, an associate professor at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. (tristatehomepage.com)
  • Roughly 4,700 French troops are currently deployed, and they focus activity in insurgent-hit Mali , Niger and Burkina Faso , working alongside local troops and other international operations, including the FCG5S and the United Nations stabilization mission in Mali, MINUSMA . (thedefensepost.com)
  • Military leaders in Mali and Burkina Faso have expelled French troops, their former colonial power, and deepened their connections with Moscow. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • Countries like the United States, France, Germany, and Italy had stationed troops in Niger based on agreements with the civilian government. (muslimcommunityreport.com)
  • The junta that seized power in Niger on July 26 set a deadline for the end of August for French troops, as well as the French ambassador, to leave the country. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Geographically, the main operational area of our troops would be Mali. (czdefence.com)
  • I have today signed with the Heads of State of Burkina Faso and Niger the Liptako-Gourma charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States, with the aim of establishing a collective defence and mutual assistance framework," Mali junta leader Assimi Goita said on his X social media account. (thelawyerdaily.com)
  • Some migrants were moving through Niger due to its relatively open borders compared with neighboring countries, which had their own conflicts, mainly with terrorists," Aneliese Bernard, an independent consultant working in the fields of stabilization and counterinsurgency in West Africa, told Arab News. (eurasiareview.com)
  • But the militant groups have morphed into more nimble formations operating in rural areas, and the insurgency has gradually spread to central and southern regions of Mali and across the borders into neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger. (thedefensepost.com)
  • The nine attacks that Human Rights Watch documented took place between January and July in towns, villages, and hamlets in western Tillabéri and Tahoua regions, located near the Mali and Burkina Faso borders. (hrw.org)
  • The Liptako-Gourma region, where the Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger borders meet, has been ravaged by jihadism in recent years. (myind.net)
  • This is a major effort for the French Armed Forces: most of the reinforcements will be deployed in the so-called "three borders" zone between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger," Parly said. (thedefensepost.com)
  • At least 24 soldiers were killed and 29 others injured during a bilateral Mali-Niger military operation, the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) said in a Monday release. (thedefensepost.com)
  • In a Wednesday statement , Islamic State said fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate had ambushed a Malian army column "in the Tabankort region near the artificial border with Niger," claiming that at least 30 soldiers were killed and 30 others injured. (thedefensepost.com)
  • A defense ministry spokesperson told The Defense Post then that special forces will deploy to Mali in the second half of the year and that force will "assist, advise and accompany" the Malian Armed Forces. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Oxfam is already providing essential support to protect livelihoods and provide water and sanitation to affected communities across the Sahel, including to Malian refugees in Niger who have fled fighting over the past week. (oxfam.org)
  • The Niger-Mali Border: Subordinating Military Action to a Political Strategy, Crisis Group, 13 June 2019, retrieved 8 November 2019 Niger ambush: Militants kill 28 soldiers near Mali, BBC, 16 May 2019, retrieved 8 November 2019 Pentagon says fourth U.S. soldier killed in Niger ambush, Reuters, 6 October 2017. (wikipedia.org)
  • A still from a June 15, 2019 ISIS propaganda video, purportedly showing Islamic State West Africa Province militants in Mali reaffirming their pledge of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (thedefensepost.com)
  • I am looking forward to meetings in Mali and in Niger with the soldiers deployed there, who are facing specially challenging conditions, and with representatives from both governments. (bmz.de)
  • Soldiers from Burkina Faso before deployment to an exercise in Mali [Photo: DoD photo by Master Sgt. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • The visit is occasioned by the upcoming ultimate extension of the Bundeswehr mandate for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali ( MINUSMA ) and by the new mandate for German participation in the European Union's Military Partnership Mission in Niger. (bmz.de)
  • Coursing through parched, landlocked Mali in Western Africa, the Niger River skirts the edge of the dune-striped Sahara before turning sharply south to join the Bani River. (nasa.gov)
  • Niger has long been used by migrants aiming to reach North Africa as a jumping off point for Europe. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The Niger River and the main empires of West Africa are indicated on this map. (guesthollow.com)
  • Since May, ISIS has attributed insurgent activities in the Mali-Burkina Faso-Niger tri-border area to its West Africa Province affiliate , rather than to what was previously known as ISGS. (thedefensepost.com)
  • The heads of the military juntas of three states in North-West Africa - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense on Saturday. (newsinfrance.com)
  • From 2007-2008, indigenous infections were limited to focal areas of four countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Sudan, Ghana, Mali, and Niger. (medscape.com)
  • He grew up in the regional capital Agadez where he developed his tourism business before moving to neighbouring Chad when the "turbulence" began in Niger. (africanews.com)
  • The Government of the Czech Republic approved at its meeting today the proposal to use the forces and means of the defence department in the fight against terrorism in Mali, Niger and Chad, in accordance with the Article 43, paragraph 3 (a) of the Constitution of the Czech Republic. (czdefence.com)
  • "By sending forces and means to Mali, Niger and Chad, the Czech Republic confirms its status of a country intending to fight all forms of terrorism, thus fulfilling one of the points of the Government's Policy Statement," concluded Minister Metnar. (czdefence.com)
  • 76% in the African Region, 93% in the Region of the Americas, (Chad and Niger) ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • I signed today … the Liptako-Gourma Charter establishing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)," said Mali leader Col. Assimi Goïta, "with the objective of establishing an architecture of collective defense and mutual assistance for the benefit of our populations. (africatimes.com)
  • Guinea worm disease remains endemic in 3 countries: Sudan, Mali, and Ethiopia and fewer than 1800 cases were reported in the world in 2010. (medscape.com)
  • After a decade-long French war in Mali that led to bloodshed across the Sahel, mass protests and military coups forced out French-backed governments in the three countries, which are all former French colonies. (hospitalnewshubb.com)
  • Today Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Development Minister Svenja Schulze set off on a joint visit to the Sahel countries of Niger and Mali. (bmz.de)
  • Other Offices for rice production using different irrigation schemes (sluices) according to the flooding levels of the Niger River: Office Riz Segou, Office Riz Mopti, Office Developpement Rural Selingue National Directorate of Hydrology: Its mission is the development of elements of the national policy on water supply, coordination and technical supervision of regional services, sub-regional and related services that contribute to implementing that policy. (water-energy-food.org)
  • Mali-Niger relations CIA World Factbook - Niger, 3 November 2019 Brownlie, Ian (1979). (wikipedia.org)
  • International Boundary Study No. 150 - Mali-Niger Boundary (PDF), 13 January 1975, retrieved 4 November 2019 Decree 7 September 1911, rattachant le territoire militaire du Niger au gouvernement général de l'Afrique occidentale française, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 12 Septembre 1911 (Online) Haine, Scott. (wikipedia.org)
  • Around 70 motorcycles were destroyed during the joint Mali-Niger military operation 'Tongo Tongo' in eastern Mali, November 18, 2019. (thedefensepost.com)
  • During the operation "a FAMa patrol was attacked on Monday, November 18, 2019 in Tabankort in the Gao region" in eastern Mali, and clashes led to the death of 24 FAMa personnel, with 29 others wounded. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Le bureau du Haut Conseil des Maliens de l'Extérieur (HCME) était représenté par Mamadou Camara, qui a reçu Hamadoun Sidibé, Directeur de l'Aménagement et de la Gestion du Foncier de l'Office du Niger. (farmlandgrab.org)
  • Le partenariat va permettre d'installer les entrepreneurs de la diaspora dans cette zone de l'Office du Niger. (farmlandgrab.org)
  • Pour rappel, une une visite de terrain avait été initiée le 04 mars dernier par une délégation du haut conseil des maliens de l'extérieurs (HCME) dans la zone de production de l'office du Niger. (farmlandgrab.org)
  • In exchange for its cooperation, the EU had planned to allocate $200 million in assistance to Niger to address the country's various security challenges. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The stern warning issued by Mali's top diplomat serves to underscore the country's commitment to defending its regional ally, Niger. (bnn.network)
  • The United States and France have approximately 2,500 military personnel in Niger to train the country's forces and in the case of France, to conduct joint operations. (wkrn.com)
  • Farmers, herders and fishers: A million and half people fully depend on exploitation of the natural resources of the Inner Niger Delta as rice farmers (5000 -170 000 t floating rice/year), cattle breeders (2 million cattle and 5 millions of small ruminants and fishers (50 -100 000 t/fish/ year). (water-energy-food.org)
  • An airline linked Paris directly to Agadez in Niger and to Gao and Kidal in Mali. (africanews.com)
  • Travel to the border region is discouraged by third party governments owing to the high incidence of kidnap and criminality, and the ongoing instability resulting from the Tuareg rebellions and the insurgency in Mali. (wikipedia.org)
  • He articulated that any external invasion in Niger could pose a significant threat to the peace and security of Mali. (bnn.network)
  • Sporadic violence and civil unrest in Sudan and Mali poses the greatest threat to the final eradication of dracunculiasis. (medscape.com)
  • France began occupying the area of modern Mali (then often referred to as French Sudan) during the 1880s-90s, later occupying the territory of modern Niger by 1900. (wikipedia.org)
  • Migration emanating from the Sahel, a belt of nations stretching from Mali in the west to Sudan in the east, has had major repercussions for Arab countries including Libya and Algeria, where gangs of smugglers are exploiting the crisis. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Two decades ago, legal provisions gave local institutions rights to manage natural resources in four dryland African countries: Mali, Niger, Sudan and Ethiopia. (iied.org)
  • Goïta has led Mali since 2021, following the removal of longtime leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and transitional leader Bah N'Daw. (africatimes.com)
  • A jihadist insurgency that erupted in northern Mali in 2012 spread to Niger and Burkina Faso in 2015. (sierraleonetimes.com)
  • Niger, an impoverished country of some 25 million people, was seen as one of the last countries that Western nations could partner with in Africa's Sahel region to beat back a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. (wkrn.com)
  • Niger, an impoverished country of some 25 million people, was seen by many Western nations as the last democratic partner in the Sahel region south of the Sahara desert that countries could work with to beat back a growing jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. (wkrn.com)
  • After the Ghana Empire came the Mali Empire (1230-1600 CE), which was known for its wealth and size. (guesthollow.com)
  • seven countries that were within their range of representation (Algeria, Burundi, Mali, Pakistan, Peru, Russian Federation and Sweden) are now overrepresented. (who.int)
  • UNCTAD's rapid eTrade readiness assessments conducted in Benin, Mali and Niger found that the three west African countries need far-reaching reforms to seize the benefits of online commerce. (unctad.org)
  • Niger Basin Authority (NBA): The Niger Basin Authority defines its purpose as the promotion of cooperation among member countries to ensure integrated development of resources. (water-energy-food.org)
  • Representatives of the authorities of Mali also reported that the document also talks about cooperation in the economic sphere. (newsinfrance.com)
  • One of the biggest cultural events in the Sahel region, the Aïr Festival returned last week, bringing the songs, dances and oral traditions of the nomadic Tuareg culture to an audience of thousands -- and a burst of hope for jihadist-scarred Niger. (africanews.com)
  • Memories of this halcyon time persist today, despite the two jihadist insurgencies that beset Niger, and its chronic poverty -- it is ranked the world's poorest country by the benchmark of the UN Human Deveopment Index. (africanews.com)
  • Seasonal floods on the Niger River reached unusual heights in Mali this year. (nasa.gov)
  • As a result of this France gained control of the upper valley of the Niger River (roughly equivalent to the areas of modern Mali and Niger). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Tabankort attack came just one day after the end of an 'unprecedented' 17-day joint counter-terror operation involving forces from forces France, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in the Déou area of Burkina Faso and Boulikessi area of Mali. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Nous exploitons un service de traduction pour aider les anglophones en France à comprendre ce qui se passe dans toute la France. (newsinfrance.com)
  • Parly also said that France favors extending the mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali to "enable it to cooperate with the armed forces of other G5 countries and thus provide a larger part of their training. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Mali has joined neighboring nations Niger and Burkina Faso in establishing the Alliance of Sahel States, a treaty among new leaders in a region that previously established security agreements (like the G5 nations ) facilitated by France and others with a presence in the Sahel. (africatimes.com)
  • Office du Niger: manages the irrigation zone enabled by the Markala dam supporting 52% of the national rice production. (water-energy-food.org)
  • Mali's Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, has issued a stringent warning to the United Nations (UN) against any foreign interference in the affairs of neighboring Niger. (bnn.network)