NIAMEY (Reuters) – The China Gezhouaba Group Co Ltd has suspended the construction of its Kandadji hydroelectric dam in Niger after coup-related sanctions halted key funding, the company said in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The 500 billion CFA franc ($808 million) project, located about 180 kilometres northwest of the capital Niamey, is …
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed and others sustained gunshot wounds on Thursday after armed men attacked two villages in the north central state of Plateau, where violence between cattle herders and farmers is common, police said. Plateau police spokesperson Alfred Alabo said the attacks took place in the early hours …
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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank’s decision to suspend new funding in response to a harsh anti-LGBTQ law and vowed to find alternative sources of credit. The country would have to revise its budget to absorb the move’s potential impact, a junior finance minister said. The …
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By Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last month’s coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the 1,100-strong military presence in the country that officials and analysts say has been key to fighting Islamist militants in the Sahel region. Over the past decade, U.S. troops have trained …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is very concerned about the reported “deplorable living conditions” of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and his family in arbitrary detention, a U.N. spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. “The Secretary-General reiterates his concern over the health and safety of the President and his family and once again calls for his …
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By Abdel-Kader Mazou and Felix Onuah NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger’s military junta met with two Nigerian envoys on Wednesday, offering hope for dialogue before a summit with regional leaders that could result in military action to restore democracy. The talks took place as Niger accused France of violating its airspace, attacking a military camp and freeing …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Sexual violence is being committed in Sudan on a “sickening scale,” while fighting in the Darfur region is reopening “old wounds of ethnic tension” that could engulf the country, United Nations officials told the Security Council on Wednesday. “The alarming accounts of sexual violence that are heard from people …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Nigerien tailor Yahaya Oumarou carefully ran cuts of white, blue and red fabric under his sewing machine, assembling them into the three horizontal bands of Russia’s flag. The flags have been in demand since President Mohamed Bazoum was toppled late last month in a military takeover, leading to some Russian support among …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – The party of Niger’s ousted president Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday said Bazoum and his family were being detained under “cruel” and “inhumane” conditions at their residence, with no running water, no electricity and no access to fresh goods or doctors. The PNDS-Tarayya in a statement called for a nationwide mobilisation to save …
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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries have started laying the groundwork to impose the first sanctions on members of the junta that seized power in Niger last month, European sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The new military leaders have so far rejected international diplomatic efforts at mediation. Neighbouring countries backing the armed takeover …
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