Niger

  • Jul 1, 2010
  • 1 min read

ALGERIA: AQIM attack Algerian forces on Mali border

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for an attack on a convoy yesterday...

Algeria
  • Apr 30, 2010
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Al-Qaida struggles to gain Sahel foothold

The number of troops available to the newly created regional Joint Military Staff Committee will...

  • Apr 21, 2010
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AFRICA: Algiers tries to maintain anti-terror momentum

Algeria, with Mali, Mauritania and Niger, will today open a joint command headquarters in...

  • Mar 16, 2010
  • 2 min read

WEST AFRICA: Algeria aims to emphasise AQIM threat

Algeria today convened a foreign ministers meeting with its Sahelian neighbours to the south and...

West Africa
  • Mar 4, 2010
  • 12 min read

PROSPECTS 2010 Q2: Africa

Amid an uncertain global economic recovery, sub-Saharan Africa will in the second quarter face...

Africa
  • Mar 1, 2010
  • 2 min read

NIGER: Junta tries to boost legitimacy with aid call

Salou Djibo, the leader of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) junta,...

Niger
  • Feb 22, 2010
  • 7 min read

NIGER: Tandja unmourned in post-coup landscape

A military coup toppled Niger's president on February 18. The coup adds to political uncertainty...

Niger
  • Feb 19, 2010
  • 2 min read

NIGER: Attention turns swiftly to post-Tandja process

President Mamadou Tandja was overthrown yesterday in a military coup, and his government dissolved.

Niger