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Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance .
Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. The economy of Niger centers on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium ...
12 December – The junta imposes a three-month suspension on the operations of the BBC in Niger over its coverage of attacks by extremist groups. [23] 16 December – ECOWAS approves the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the bloc effective January 2025 but gives them until July 2025 to reconsider. [24]
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Read more on Yahoo News: Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa? via BBC The U.S. has been helping Niger in its counterterrorism efforts. Four American soldiers were killed in an ambush ...
NIAMEY/ABUJA (Reuters) -Defence chiefs from West Africa's regional bloc were meeting in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks on how to respond to a coup last week in neighbouring Niger ...
The pipeline is to be built and operated by the partnership between the NNPC and Sonatrach. The company would include also the Republic of Niger. [3] Initially NNPC and Sonatrach would hold a total 90% of shares, while Niger would hold 10%. [15] Russian gas company Gazprom has negotiated with Nigeria about its possible participation in the project.
The project began in 1982, when the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) proposed the development of a natural gas pipeline throughout West Africa. In 1991, a feasibility report conducted by the World Bank on supplying Nigerian gas to West African markets deemed that a project was commercially viable. [1]