Press Releases

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(MENAFN) Russia has condemned a terrorist assault on the main international airport in Niger’s capital last week and reaffirmed its support for security operations against jihadist groups in the Sahel region.

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(MENAFN) The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has denounced recent strikes in Niger, including a brazen assault on Niamey's Hamani Diori International Airport, while pledging the continental bloc's unwavering...

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(MENAFN) The Chairperson of the African Union Commission condemned recent violent attacks in Niger, including an assault on Hamani Diori International Airport in Niamey, and reaffirmed the organization’s support for the country.

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(MENAFN) The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, denounced the recent assaults in Niger, including an attack on Niamey’s Hamani Diori International Airport, and reiterated the bloc’s unity with the nation.

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(MENAFN) The United States has instructed non-emergency government personnel and their families to leave Niger due to escalating safety concerns, according to reports. "The U.S. government cannot offer routine or emergency services to U.S....

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(MENAFN) The U.S. State Department issued an emergency directive Friday mandating the departure of non-essential government personnel and their families from Niger, citing mounting security threats across the West African nation.

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(MENAFN) The African Union Commission Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, condemned recent attacks in Niger, including an assault on Hamani Diori International Airport in Niamey, while reaffirming the bloc’s solidarity with the country.

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(MENAFN) Heavy automatic weapons fire and powerful blasts echoed through Niger's capital in the predawn hours Thursday close to an aviation facility, though government officials maintain they have stabilized the circumstances.

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(MENAFN) South Africa has praised the U.S. House of Representatives for advancing legislation to extend a critical trade initiative benefiting qualifying African nations, even as diplomatic relations between Pretoria and Washington remain tense....

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

The International Organization for Migration has signed a partnership agreement with Algeria on voluntary returns.

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(MENAFN) Niger has unveiled plans to construct two nuclear power stations through a collaboration with Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned atomic energy company.

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(MENAFN) Seven individuals, among them Torodi Prefect Captain Chaibou Mali and his family, lost their lives in a terrorist assault in western Niger, according to Tele Sahel on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) The number of fatalities from a violent raid on a marketplace in Nigeria’s Niger state has climbed to 50, according to reports on Sunday.

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(MENAFN) The fatality count from a brutal assault on a Nigerian marketplace has escalated to 50, according to local media reports Sunday, as armed militants unleashed violence on civilians in Niger state.

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(MENAFN) Local reports confirmed Sunday that the number of fatalities from an armed raid on a market in Niger state has risen to 50. On Saturday, members of an armed gang stormed the Kasuwan Daji market in Demo village, firing indiscriminately at...

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(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Niger's President Abdurrahman Tchiani on Monday discussed regional and global developments over a phone call.

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(MENAFN) Soldiers from Niger’s military have killed a prominent leader of the Boko Haram jihadist faction, the West African nation's armed forces declared on Thursday.

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(MENAFN) Torrential rains across Niger since early 2025 have claimed 47 lives and injured 70 more, the Directorate General of Civil Protection (DGPC) reported Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Niger has been battered by relentless torrential rains since the start of 2025, resulting in the deaths of 47 people and injuring 70 others as of August 20, the Directorate General of Civil Protection (DGPC) reported Wednesday.

World Trade Organization

Reporting in her capacity as Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), DG Okonjo-Iweala said advancing negotiations and advancing WTO reform "are not competing priorities." "Reform is not an end in itself," she said. "It is the means by...