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UN dashes Niger junta PM's plan to attend General Assembly

Niger's junta-appointed prime minister Ali Lamine Zeine, who informed the United Nations that he intended to travel to New York to take part in its General Assembly, has had his plan quashed by the organisation. [...]

Published on 07/09/2023 at 05:40 GMT

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Niger's junta and Bazoum fight for right to be represented at UN General Assembly

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Mohamed Bazoum, during the previous United Nations General Assembly, in September 2022.

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Coup in Niger: tug-of-war over presidential Boeing

The future of Niger's presidential plane, currently stationed in Basel for maintenance, is yet another point of contention between General Abdourahamane Tchiani and President Mohamed Bazoum's entourage.

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Niger coup upsets Berlin's Sahel strategy

Germany, which had made Niger the hub for its activities in the Sahel region, is following events in the country anxiously following the 26 July putsch.

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German chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit to the Tilia camp in Niger in 2022.

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New oil minister ponders options for exporting CNPC crude

With Benin supporting a military intervention by ECOWAS, the Nigerien junta is looking at alternative export avenues for the crude produced by China National Petroleum Corp. All options, even the most unlikely, are on the table.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Niger
UN dashes Niger junta PM's plan to attend General Assembly

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Niger's junta and Bazoum fight for right to be represented at UN General Assembly

West Africa
The heads of state who are set to attend the UN General Assembly

Niger
How Paris is negotiating the partial withdrawal of its troops

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Coup in Niger: tug-of-war over presidential Boeing

Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger
Chad all but deprived of trade routes after Niger coup

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