Your account has been succesfully created.

00 days

00 hours

00 mins

00 secs

Special offer: -20%20% OFF your subscription

Consult our offers

EN FR

Scroll through edition

Niger

UN considers reform of its West African office

The United Nations' special envoy for West Africa has launched a wide-ranging strategic review of UNOWAS, against a backdrop of regional realignment and tensions with the Alliance of Sahel States.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.03.2026

Spotlight
John Dramani Mahama's plan to revive security talks with Sahel juntas

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama in Addis Ababa on 15 February 2026. © Marco Simoncelli/AFP

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 20.03.2026

Assimi Goïta, head of the Malian junta, in Beijing, China on 1 September 2024. © Ken Ishii/REUTERS

Lomé playing discreet intermediary between Washington and Sahel juntas

Following the gradual resumption of relations between the United States and the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, Togo – which enjoys close ties with all three regimes – has been working behind the scenes, particularly with Bamako.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.03.2026

The commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, and the leader of the Nigerien junta, Abdourahamane Tchiani. © Libya Alhadath TV/AFP

Spotlight
Control of south Libya strains relations between Haftar and Tchiani

Disputes between the eastern Libyan strongman's clan and the Niger junta are piling up. The rivalry between Benghazi and Tripoli is meanwhile intensifying around the strategic Salvador Pass border zone.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 10.03.2026

Army counts heavy equipment losses after Niamey base attack

Half a dozen military aircraft were destroyed at the end of January during a terrorist assault targeting the airport in Niger's capital. The loss of these valuable reconnaissance and attack assets is set to hamper the air force's campaign against jihadist groups.

Subscribers only Defence 03.03.2026

WAEMU's financial markets authority paralysed

The West African Economic and Monetary Union's capital‑markets regulator has been unable to convene its board.

Subscribers only Finance 27.02.2026

The security and business implications of the Algiers-Niamey reconciliation

While Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Abdourahamane Tiani wished to highlight the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project as a means of sealing their reconciliation, it was in fact Algerian security officials who played a decisive role in maintaining and reviving relations between the two neighbours.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.02.2026

Mohamed Arkab, flanked by Nigerien ministers Sani Issoufou Mahamadou (left) and Sahabi Oumarou (right), during a meeting of the steering committee for the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project in Algiers on 11 February 2025.

Spotlight
How Emmanuel Macron's intense lobbying drove Niamey's backtrack on uranium sale

For nearly four months, the Élysée Palace has been stepping up its efforts to prevent the sale of 1,000 tonnes of yellowcake from the Arlit mine, long operated by the French group Orano. These efforts involved discreet missions to Lomé and confidential exchanges between Emmanuel Macron and Faure Gnassingbé in Paris.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 18.02.2026

View of Tamgak open-pit uranium mine from Areva Somair site in Arlit, Niger on 25 September 2013.

Lomé secures future leadership of the West African Health Organization

Togo, which has long coveted the position, ultimately won the argument in the ECOWAS negotiations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.02.2026

ECOWAS military chiefs heading to Freetown to debate future of standby force

The leaders of the region's armed forces will meet in the Sierra Leone capital in the coming weeks to launch the regional anti-terrorist force. The contingents made available to ECOWAS by each army will also be announced.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.02.2026

ECOWAS 50th birthday bash cancelled in Lomé

The regional organisation's anniversary summit, scheduled to take place in the Togolese capital in 2026, had sparked intense debate from the outset. It will not take place after all.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.02.2026

Ivorian banker Abdourahmane Cissé leaves Lazard Frères

Recruited in early 2025 to revive the African operations of Lazard Frères bank, founded in 1848, Abdourahmane Cissé has stepped down from his post.

Subscribers only Finance 05.02.2026

Spotlight
CNPC tries to retain monopoly despite pressure from junta

The Chinese oil major can feel the pressure mounting as full repayment of its first pre-financing agreement with Abdourahamane Tchiani's regime approaches, potentially opening the door to other traders.

Subscribers only Energy 27.01.2026

Junta leader Abdourahamane Tchiani in Niamey on 15 February 2025.

Ouattara irked by Sandaogo Damiba's extradition to Ouagadougou

President Ouattara was far from happy with the extradition of former Burkinabé transitional leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba from Lomé to Ouagadougou.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.01.2026

Société Générale's former executives set up own consulting bank

A handful of former senior African executives from the banking institution are preparing to officially launch a new structure called Tomasteed Alternative Credit Advisors.

Subscribers only Finance 13.01.2026

Niamey pays off debts to the World Bank

Following payment of an outstanding bill of $15m by Niger, the World Bank has restarted the main projects it finances in the country, after an interruption lasting a few weeks.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 15.12.2025

Prime minister holds talks with IMF boss in Washington

On 3 December, Niger Prime Minister Ali Lamine Zeine held lengthy talks in Washington with the IMF's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva.

Subscribers only Finance 04.12.2025

Spotlight
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

In conjunction with the Trump administration, General Abdourahamane Tchiani's services began tracking the Christian missionary kidnapped in Niamey in October. While they have managed to gather information on where he was just after he was taken into captivity, they are encountering significant difficulties in pinpointing Kevin Rideout's current whereabouts.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.11.2025

20% OFF your subscription

Special offer: Only 1d and 16h to take advantage of it

Consult our offers

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 09/04/2026

Create a notification

Niger

Don't miss a single headline. Sign up to receive weekly summaries of our coverage of Niger.

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Niger

UN considers reform of its West African office

Spotlight
John Dramani Mahama's plan to revive security talks with Sahel juntas

Lomé playing discreet intermediary between Washington and Sahel juntas

Spotlight
Control of south Libya strains relations between Haftar and Tchiani

Army counts heavy equipment losses after Niamey base attack

WAEMU's financial markets authority paralysed

The security and business implications of the Algiers-Niamey reconciliation

Spotlight
How Emmanuel Macron's intense lobbying drove Niamey's backtrack on uranium sale

Lomé secures future leadership of the West African Health Organization

ECOWAS military chiefs heading to Freetown to debate future of standby force

ECOWAS 50th birthday bash cancelled in Lomé

Ivorian banker Abdourahmane Cissé leaves Lazard Frères

Spotlight
CNPC tries to retain monopoly despite pressure from junta

Ouattara irked by Sandaogo Damiba's extradition to Ouagadougou

Société Générale's former executives set up own consulting bank

Niamey pays off debts to the World Bank

Prime minister holds talks with IMF boss in Washington

Spotlight
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Head of Belgian diplomacy sets up West African tour

WAEMU succession battle against backdrop of AES crisis

Spotlight
Mahamat Idriss Déby's thwarted rapprochement with Alliance of Sahel States

Brussels sets up summit on fight against migrant smuggling

US grants Tchiani's junta a sizeable favour

Rabat asks the AES to its conference on terrorism

Omar Farouk Ibrahim's final mission at the helm of APPO

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Ibrahim Traoré

Virtus Minerals

Paul Kagame

Savannah Energy

Denis Sassou-Nguesso

Niger

UN considers reform of its West African office

Spotlight John Dramani Mahama's plan to revive security talks with Sahel juntas

Lomé playing discreet intermediary between Washington and Sahel juntas

Spotlight Control of south Libya strains relations between Haftar and Tchiani

Army counts heavy equipment losses after Niamey base attack

WAEMU's financial markets authority paralysed

The security and business implications of the Algiers-Niamey reconciliation

Spotlight How Emmanuel Macron's intense lobbying drove Niamey's backtrack on uranium sale

Lomé secures future leadership of the West African Health Organization

ECOWAS military chiefs heading to Freetown to debate future of standby force

ECOWAS 50th birthday bash cancelled in Lomé

Ivorian banker Abdourahmane Cissé leaves Lazard Frères

Spotlight CNPC tries to retain monopoly despite pressure from junta

Ouattara irked by Sandaogo Damiba's extradition to Ouagadougou

Société Générale's former executives set up own consulting bank

Niamey pays off debts to the World Bank

Prime minister holds talks with IMF boss in Washington

Spotlight Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Head of Belgian diplomacy sets up West African tour

WAEMU succession battle against backdrop of AES crisis

Spotlight Mahamat Idriss Déby's thwarted rapprochement with Alliance of Sahel States

Brussels sets up summit on fight against migrant smuggling

US grants Tchiani's junta a sizeable favour

Rabat asks the AES to its conference on terrorism

Omar Farouk Ibrahim's final mission at the helm of APPO

Create a notification

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight
John Dramani Mahama's plan to revive security talks with Sahel juntas

Spotlight
Control of south Libya strains relations between Haftar and Tchiani

Spotlight
How Emmanuel Macron's intense lobbying drove Niamey's backtrack on uranium sale

Spotlight
CNPC tries to retain monopoly despite pressure from junta

Spotlight
Junta's difficulties in locating US hostage abducted by jihadists

Spotlight
Mahamat Idriss Déby's thwarted rapprochement with Alliance of Sahel States