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Niger, United States
Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

The contract to purchase two Short Tucano MK1 planes from RSW has sparked such acute tensions between the Nigerien army high command and defence ministry on the one hand, and the budget ministry on the other. [...]

Published on 25.06.2021 at 05:00 GMT

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Having already come in for criticism in an audit conducted last year, the Nigerien defence ministry has again attracted the ire of colleagues at the budget ministry, who are concerned at the purchase, currently being finalised, of two Short Tucano aircraft from the American broker RSW.

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The sensational rise and spectacular fall of Pefaco casino and hotels

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Niger, United States
Aircraft broker RSW's last-ditch manoeuvres to save its $30m contract with Niamey

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Niger, United States
RSW's Short Tucanos spark trench warfare between budget and defence ministries

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Mohamed Bazoum does balancing act between Algiers and Rabat

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CNPC silently prepares massive battle plan for Agadem crude exportation