Vol 64 No 17 | NIGER The coup d'état as get-out-of-jail card 10th August 2023 Unresolved investigations into the diversion of over $125 million of the defence budget may explain why the generals overthrew President Bazoum Looming in the background of the Niger coup is the role played by the biggest procurement scandal in the country's history – the diversion of nearly half the...
Vol 64 No 16 | NIGERWEST AFRICA A coup foretold but not averted 3rd August 2023 Facing harsh sanctions and military action by the Economic Community of West African States the junta is cracking down on its domestic foes The political class in Niamey and sundry intelligence sources had been speculating about the possibility of President Mohamed Bazoum's overthrow for months. There had been grumblings in the... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 16 | NIGER Cost of a coup 3rd August 2023 As General Abdourahamane Tchiani's putsch raises security concerns for Niger's neighbours, western governments and companies are assessing the risk to the operations. France's nuclear energy firm Orano operates...
Vol 63 No 20 | NIGERSENEGAL Frank Timis, eco-warrior 6th October 2022 Australian-Romanian businessman Frank Timis, a veteran of stock exchange fraud and corruption scandals, is charging into agriculture, snapping up vast landholdings in Senegal and on the desert's edge...
Vol 63 No 5 | NIGER Bazoum prepares to fight on two fronts 2nd March 2022 The President is welcoming European troops expelled from Mali while using development projects to counter anti-French sentiment Among the leaders in the Sahel, President Mohamed Bazoum faces the widest array of opponents from local activists hostile to France's presence to the jihadist insurgents trying to...
Vol 63 No 5 | NIGERSAHEL Terrorisme sans frontières 2nd March 2022 The relocation of European troops from Mali to Niger holds political risks for President Bazoum but may avert a wider security breakdown Geography helps explain why President Mohamed Bazoum overcame his initial reluctance to host European and French troops after they were expelled from Mali this month. Bazoum understood how...
Vol 62 No 15 | NIGERFRANCE Macron's man 22nd July 2021 After a baptism of fire, President Bazoum is positioning himself as France’s main security ally in the Sahel Just three months after taking office, President Mohamed Bazoum has emerged as a central figure in the struggle to restore security to the Sahel.
Vol 62 No 5 | NIGER Election results spark riots 4th March 2021 Post-election violence left two dead and almost 470 arrested in Niamey after provisional results awarded the government candidate Mohamed Bazoum 55.75% in the 21 February presidential run-off.
Vol 61 No 25 | NIGER Dauphin goes to the polls 10th December 2020 With the main challenger excluded, the opposition will have a tough job preventing the election of Issoufou's designated successor With the 27 December first round of the presidential election approaching fast, Mohamed Bazoum – who spent 10 years as President Mahamadou Issoufou's right-hand man – is in...
Vol 60 No 8 | NIGERNIGERIA Counter-terror error 19th April 2019 Four years after imposing a ban on economic activity along the shores of Lake Chad aimed at staunching the flow of funds to the Nigerian Islamist militia Boko...