Tag : Niamey
Life returned to normal in Niger’s capital, Niamey, on Sunday after security forces, backed by Russia’s Africa Corps, crushed a mutiny by soldiers that had threatened the military government of General Abdourahamane Tiani. The fighting began overnight Friday into Saturday, with mutineers attacking a military airbase at Diori Hamani International Airport and attempting to advance ...
Niger’s Minister of National Defense, Salifou Moudi, said on Saturday that authorities were gradually regaining control of the situation in the capital, Niamey, following an attempted mutiny by ...
Sustained heavy gunfire and loud explosions have been heard in Niger near the international airport outside the capital, Niamey. Multiple eyewitness accounts and videos showed air defence systems ...
