At least 140 people were killed by gunmen who attacked remote villages over two days in north-central Nigeria's Plateau state, survivors and officials said Tuesday in the latest of such mass killings this year blamed on the West African nation's farmer-herder crisis
26 December,2023 06:59 PM IST | Abuja (Nigeria) | AP
The assailants burned down houses in the village, which has been “emptied of its population,” Bonang said.
23 December,2023 07:45 AM IST | Bangui | Agencies
The report released on Friday ahead of the Africa Climate Summit to be held in Nairobi on September 4-6
03 September,2023 09:33 AM IST | Nairobi | Agencies
Bazoum was overthrown in July and remains under house arrest with his wife and son in the capital, Niamey
18 August,2023 07:58 AM IST | Niamey | Agencies
ECOWAS has activated a “standby force” to restore order in Niger after the junta ignored a deadline to reinstate and release Bazoum
17 August,2023 07:52 AM IST | Niamey | Agencies
Bazoum, Niger’s democratically elected president, was ousted by members of his presidential guard on July 26 and has since been under house arrest with his wife and son in the presidential compound in the capital, Niamey
15 August,2023 08:17 AM IST | Niamey | Agencies
ECOWAS' decision comes after Niger President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup d'etat by the presidential guard
14 August,2023 09:48 AM IST | Niamey | ANI
Hours earlier, two Western officials told The Associated Press that Niger’s junta had told a top US diplomat they would kill Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule
12 August,2023 08:21 AM IST | Niamey | Agencies
The junta’s leaders named a new prime minister on Monday, in what analysts described as an attempt to show that they’re serious about governing the West Africa country
10 August,2023 07:59 AM IST | Niamey | Agencies
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS had given the mutinous soldiers until Sunday to release and reinstall Bazoum or they threatened to use force
09 August,2023 08:12 AM IST | Niamey | AgenciesADVERTISEMENT
