NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy. The ECOWAS bloc said on Thursday it had decided to deploy a “standby force” aimed at...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo plans to attend the upcoming BRICS Summit in South Africa on August 22-24, 2023. BRICS is a grouping of the developing countries economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Jokowi’s...
Russia has warned that military intervention in Niger would lead to a “protracted confrontation” after regional bloc Ecowas said it would assemble a standby force. Such an intervention would destabilise the Sahel region as a whole, the Russian foreign ministry said. Russia...
After nearly three weeks of appealing to the United States and other allies for help restoring Niger’s president to power, friends and supporters of the democratically elected leader are making a simpler plea: Save his life. President Mohamed Bazoum, leader of the last remaining Western...
Copenhagen, Berlin (11/8 – 42) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlighted severe restrictions imposed by the Tajikistani government on religious freedom during a virtual hearing on July 20, 2023. The commission expressed grave concern over the...
