General Abdourahamane Tiani's regime accused Pinto da França of conducting ‘unauthorised operations' by dividing a €1...

But the Niger/Benin border has been closed for the past 15 months since last year's military coup which brought the ruling junta led by General Abdourahamane Tiani to power...

General Abdourahamane Tiani's military junta has carried out its threat to revoke the uranium mining licences of companies deemed not to have progressed their projects quickly enough but has not appointed any other investors in their place...

On 14 June in Niger the deposed head of state Mohamed Bazoum now facing a trial on charges of treason plotting against state security and freeing terrorists was deprived of his presidential immunity in a ruling by the new Cour d'État tribunal established by General Abdourahamane Tiani's regime (AC Vol 64 No 16 A coup foretold but not averted)...

The arrest of five Nigérien oil technicians in Benin at the beginning of June has sparked accusations of ‘kidnapping' and ‘hostage-taking' from General Abdourahamane Tiani's regime and has scuppered hopes of an early end to the bitter rift between Niamey and Cotonou...

In Niger General Abdourahamane Tiani's junta is preparing the ground for prosecuting detained President Mohamed Bazoum and several associates...

The Niger junta's boss Gen Abdourahamane Tiani reacted badly to the plea...

He was finalising plans to announce the renaming of the currency when he was overthrown by General Abdourahamane Tiani and imprisoned in his own residence (AC Vol 64 No 16 A coup foretold but not averted)...