Nigeria cuts electricity supply to Niger over coup

Days after a military junta ousted Niger’s elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian government has cut off power supplies to the neighbouring country. Niger’s electricity company, Nigelec, noted on Wednesday that the development followed an emergency meeting by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), where sanctions, including freezing utility services, were imposed on […]

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After coup, Burkina Faso junta leader flees to Togo

Burkina Faso’s military junta leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba resigned from his position and fled to Togo on Sunday October 2, two days after army officers announced his ouster in a coup that sparked internal unrest and international condemnation. Damiba’s departure was confirmed by two diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press (AP) on condition […]

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Terrorists who tried to overthrow my govt via coup are in Nigeria ―Turkey President says

President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan has said that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. He said this on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. Erdogan had in 2016 […]

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