Two years ago, Bashir Muhammad received an invitation to attend a journalism summit in Niamey but declined. That decision, and the argument it provoked, told him everything he needed to know. He runs one of the growing number of Hausa-language digital news platforms that have emerged across northern Nigeria in the past decade, serving local […]
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Four months after the military coup in Niger, the country remains trapped in a relentless cycle of violence. It recorded 443 military casualties from different terror attacks in the span of about four months, with local press coverage blaming this on the negligence of senior military officers. This revelation has starkly contradicted the justification for […]
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Expansion Of Jihadist Activities Despite Military | RSS.com Listen On: Apple | Spotify | RSS Despite the recent military coup in Niger, jihadist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State continue to wreak havoc on civilians and military targets. In this episode, we explore the intricacies of this crisis, with insights from Aliyu Dahiru who has closely monitored […]
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For over thirty years, Gambo Idris has lived and built his life in the heart of Jibia, a small Nigerian town at the edge of Katsina state along its porous border with the Niger Republic. Jibia is a vibrant town known for its cross-border bustling weekly market that sees people from Niger trooping in to […]
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Following the recent military junta’s seizure of power and the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum in the Niger Republic, the country’s battle against jihadist insurgency has suffered a setback, attacks on military and civilian targets have continued. Despite the military’s assertions of worsening security as a key rationale for their intervention, the persistent and intricate […]
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Nigeriens now living under a military government have told HumAngle they cautiously approve of the junta that has taken power, despite sanctions that have plunged them into darkness and closed the border to much-needed imports. Continued support however, depends on seeing positive change, people said. Over 25 million people in the Niger Republic are in […]
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Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, in an interview with the Financial Times earlier this year, said he believed there was ‘zero chance’ of the military kicking him out of government. They did just that two months later in a coup that has rendered the country unstable and is threatening to worsen violent crises in the region. […]
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Borders have been closed, curfew imposed and state institutions shut down after a group of soldiers seized national television to announce Niger’s President Mohammed Bazoum had been ousted. The soldiers, led by Colonel Amadou Abdramane, read from a statement in the early hours of Thursday July 27, stating the defense and security forces made the […]
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