In Niger, Division General Liberato Amadio hands over the command of MISIN to Brigadier General Nadir Ruzzon. The ceremony for the change in command of the Italian Bilateral Support Mission in the Republic was held inside the Aerienne 101 Base of the Niger Air Force of Niger (MISIN), between the General of Division Liberato Amadio [...]
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(by Andrea Pinto) The Italian ambassador to Niger, Emilia Gatto, on the occasion of the celebrations of 2 June, the Italian Republic Day was interviewed by the most important newspaper in the African country, La Nation. As happens in Italy, on the occasion of the events commemorating the referendum of June 2, 1946, the commitment is also highlighted abroad [...]
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At the beginning of May, the Task Group Air Sahel was set up as part of Misin, a bilateral support mission in the Republic of Niger. The Task Group, directly reporting to the Commander of MISIN, Air Brigade General, Davide Cipelletti, will allow the mission to expand its operational and logistical capabilities in the Sahel. The […]
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The donation of medical materials and technical devices to carry out the reclamation service of the areas considered to be at high risk took place on 11 March at the Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs of Niamey, at the end of a Civil-Military Cooperation project. (CIMIC), aimed at supporting the public health sector [...]
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In the presence of the Commander of the Bilateral Support Mission in Niger (MISIN), Pilot Colonel of the Air Force Davide Cipelletti and the Nigerian military authorities, the final exercise and the ceremony for the conclusion of the combat techniques course in favor of the National Gendarmerie of the Republic of Niger. The news was reported on all [...]
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France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided on "coordinated withdrawal" from the African country, while ensuring their "willingness to [...]
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France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided "coordinated withdrawal" from the country [...]
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(Di Marinella Pacifico, member of the Senate Foreign Commission ”) Focusing exclusively on the military crisis in Ukraine is an exercise which, if not read with the right lens, risks stalemate in the heart of Europe. In the rest of the globe equally important games are being played, such as to determine the geopolitical assets for the spheres of [...]
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General Precious: "Africa, a bedrock of instability"
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(by Andrea Pinto) Last week, French Defense Minister Florence Parly said during a radio interview that France is not forced to maintain its military presence in Mali at all costs. Open sources say that the transalpine government's decision to withdraw from Mali could be taken as early as the next two weeks. [...]
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In the Sahel, Italy looks to Niger as a strategic partner, a stable and resource-rich country that also offers excellent investment opportunities and profitable partnerships between private and public sectors, as long as it “arrives on time”. Thus the ambassador of Italy to Niamey, Emilia Gatto, presents the African country to Italian companies, in an interview with AGI. "Italy is among those [...]
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"France cannot maintain a military presence in Mali at all costs". This was said by the French Defense Minister, Florence Parly, during a radio interview. "What we want is to be able to continue the fight against terrorism because this is not the end of the fight, terrorism is also conquering the border states of Mali", [...]
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Our country is present in Africa with the "Bilateral Support Mission in the Republic of Niger - MISIN" (with the geographical area of intervention also extended to Mauritania, Nigeria and Benin) in order to increase the capacity to combat the phenomenon of illegal trafficking and security threats, as part of a joint European and US effort [...]
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Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria in 2013 celebrated the French troops after the arrival in the Saharan city of Timbuktu following the defeat of some jihadist groups. Today, almost ten years later, France has halved its contingent to 5000 men and is thinking of leaving the territory permanently due to the [...]
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On 17 December, on the occasion of the celebrations of the 63rd anniversary of the birth of the Federal Republic of Niger, President Mohamed Bazoum gave a long speech to the nation, highlighting the economic efforts to fight the pandemic and the scourge of terrorism. For the first time, Italy was counted among the contributing countries [...]
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