Niger is essential to stem the migratory flows towards Europe and for this reason every political, diplomatic but also military effort, through assistance and training, is crucial in order not to lose the last outpost, of Western circulation, in the middle of the Sahel by Massimiliano D'Elia Russia, despite the military campaign in Ukraine, does not [...]
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The government of Mali has announced that forty-nine civilians and fifteen soldiers have been killed following two "terrorist" attacks claimed by an al Qaeda-affiliated group which targeted a passenger ship and an army base in the north of Evils. The two separate attacks targeted "the [...]
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The African Union ousts Niger from the international organization
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(by Andrea Pinto) The military junta that took power in Niger with a coup d'état on 26 July yesterday declared that former president Mohamed Bazoum could be accused of high treason. The spokesman of the junta, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, communicated it to state TV: "we have collected all the [...]
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Today in Accra in Ghana there will be a new summit of the Chiefs of Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The meeting was convened after the Abuja summit, in which the leaders of the countries involved decided on the preventive mobilization of a multinational military force of the organization (about three thousand men). How much […]
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Niger: the US talks to the coup plotters for peace and France with Ecowas for war
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(by Francesco Matera) Sub-Saharan migrations are closely linked to the crisis in Niger following the coup d'état of last July 26th. The Italian government is very concerned because a war in Niger could inflame the Sahel by increasing the flow of migrants in an unpredictable and uncontrolled way. Niger is important because it occupies a [...]
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“In the face of the threat of intervention becoming increasingly apparent… Nigerien airspace is closed as of today,” a representative of the junta said on national television Sunday evening. Last night, before the Ecowas ultimatum expired at midnight, Niger closed its airspace until further notice. In the […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) We feared and in some ways avoided a direct intervention in the affairs of Niger by the private company of Russian mercenaries Wagner. Apparently, however, Wagner and conversely Russia are plotting to set fire to the Sahel. The security and bravado of the Nigerien military junta are proof of this. After […]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Intervening in Niger? The ultimatum of Ecowas - the community of West African states - launched to the Nigerien coup plotters to return to democratic leadership of the country expires on Sunday. However, just yesterday, the putschists received the support of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the event of a military attack by any block of [...]
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At 05.09 this morning at the 31st Wing of Ciampino an Air Force Boeing 767 brought home the Italians who decided to leave Niger. The news was reported by the Ansa news agency. At the ladder of the aircraft to welcome the compatriots the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani who with squeezes [...]
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The coup plotting military junta, after having made President Mohamed Bazoum resign, does not want to listen to the appeals of the international community for a restoration of democracy and continues its rise to power. Yesterday's news that the military arrested 180 members of the governing party including two key executive figures. How much […]
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France condemned the violence against its embassy in Niger and pledged to react strongly to any attacks against its citizens or interests. Anti-French protests took place today in front of the French embassy in Niamey following last week's military coup. "The President will not tolerate [...]
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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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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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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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On 14 January, as reported on the twitter profile of the Italian Embassy in Niger, our country, in the presence of local authorities, donated, through the military mission MISIN, 1000 surgical kits to the maternity ward of the Issaka Gazobi hospital in Niamey . The surgical devices will serve as an aid to the ward's health staff to ensure a better [...]
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The Malian government last Friday flatly denied the baseless accusations of an alleged deployment of paramilitary elements of a private Russian company, Wagner. The government of Mali asking for evidence on the heavy accusations wanted to specify that some "Russian instructors" were in Mali as part of the strengthening of the operational capacity of the forces [...]
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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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The Med-Or Foundation and Leonardo have donated fifty oxygen concentrators to the Republic of Niger. The ceremony was held at the Foundation's headquarters in Rome, in the presence of the Minister of State at the Presidency of the Republic of Niger Rhissa Ag Boula, the Director of the President of the Republic Salim Mokaddem, the CEO of Leonardo Alessandro [...]
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A minute of silence in the French Parliament to remember the 13 French soldiers who died in the clash between two helicopters in Mali, the news was reported by Euronews. The military was engaged in an anti-jihadist operation, as announced by the Elysée, specifying that the two aircraft were flying at low altitude. Now, however, an investigation will clarify [...]
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Eni, through its subsidiary NAOC (Eni 20%, operator, NNPC 60%, Oando 20%) made an important gas and condensate discovery in the deep geological sequences of the Obiafu-Obrikom fields, in the OML 61 license, onshore of the Niger delta. The Obiafu 41 Deep well reached a total depth of 4.374m, encountering an important accumulation [...]
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Today, March 27, the Italian Embassy in Niamey and the Bilateral Support Mission in Niger (MISIN), have provided for the delivery of a batch of drugs, collected and made available by the Banco Farmaceutico Onlus Foundation in the within the scope of the collaboration agreement in place between the Joint Forces Operations Command (COI), the Military Ordinariate and [...]
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Mission in the Sahel region for the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, who will be in Niger tomorrow and in Chad on Wednesday The area, which in recent years has become a crucial and strategic point for thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe, is affected by instability caused by the regional crises, the terrorist threat and the infiltration of Islamic extremism. One [...]
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Insider published Euronews journalist Valerie Guriat's report on irregular immigration, with a focus on Niger. Niger today acts as the policeman of Europe when it comes to migration. The idea is simple: enlist the police and army to prevent migrants from leaving Niger, choose the lucky few who are entitled to asylum in Europe and [...]
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As part of the initiatives of the Italian cooperation in support of health in Niger, Italy has taken steps to deliver health kits and equipment for water purification to the ministry of health of the West African country. The Region has been hit by a cholera epidemic which has caused the death of 57 people to date. In the lasts […]
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Italy “minimized” by France in Niger. The confrontation between the two European "cousins" continues
The competition in international politics between Italy and France is always alive. Libya, the enlarged Mediterranean but also Niger. Right there Italy after the agreements of the "Quirinale" and the approval of the Parliament decided to establish a control base on the border between Niger and Chad. In Ghat, southwest of Libya, the idea was to [...]
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(by Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi) The Italian mission in Niger is at a standstill, indeed it continues without problems. Reading the news of recent weeks on the subject, we understand that there is still much to be clarified on Italy's intervention to block the flow of migrants and train local troops in Niger on the border with Libya. [...]
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Sergio Pimenta, vice president of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the organization of the World Bank Group that deals with the development of the private sector in emerging markets), today met with president Issoufou Mahamadou. At the end of the interview, Pimenta reported that the goal of her visit (the first in West Africa) is to open a discussion with [...]
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Several thousand people took to the streets on Sunday in Niamey and other large cities in Niger, to demand the repeal of the budget law of 2018, defined by the opposition and unions as "antisocial" and to demonstrate against international troops present in the country. "Down with the finance law, down with foreign forces", "French, American and German army, go [...]
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Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, general director of the Algerian National Hydrocarbon Company Sonatrach, in an interview published today by the official Ageri agency "Aps", stated that his group will inaugurate its first oil plant in Niger in the coming weeks. "We have very promising good in Niger, but we cannot say how much we will produce or sell", he [...]
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As announced by the Nova agency, the Italian Parliament approved on January 17 a greater military presence in Libya and the dispatch of a contingent of 470 soldiers to Niger to help combat migration and the illegal smuggling of migrants to Italian coasts and Europe. This is what the newspaper "New [...]
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Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said that, when the mission is fully operational, 470 soldiers from the Italian contingent will be involved in the operation in Niger. The minister's statement took place, also in the presence of Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, on the occasion of the government's communications to the Senate Foreign and Defense commissions and [...]
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More than 6,4 million children in the world are refugees and displaced persons, forced to move within their own country or across the border due to wars and other emergencies. More than half, that is 3 and a half million children between 5 and 17 years, last year could not attend school [...]
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Mahamadou Issoufou, president of Niger, has promised a strengthening of the military apparatus to counter the jihadists more promptly and effectively. In the message addressed to the nation on the occasion of the new have, the president declared that "in 2017 we faced the threats brought by terrorist and criminal groups". In 2018, efforts will focus on [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Many think that Isis was defeated in its state form after the battles, neighborhood by neighborhood in two key countries of the region. In Iraq and Syria, the campaign to overthrow the so-called caliphate project that Isis established in June 2014 has largely achieved its goal. After three [...]
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The Italian government will ask the parliament to move part of the 1.400 soldiers present in Iraq, where Italy is the second largest force after the US, to Niger with the aim of "consolidating that country, defeating human trafficking and to beat terrorism ”. The Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, said today [...]
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Developing a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
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