Mahamadou Issoufou

The crisis has forced a rethink by the G5 France and West African and European allies with Niger's head of state Mahamadou Issoufou lobbying for a major international offensive like that mounted against Islamic State (IS or Da'ish) in Iraq and Syria last year...

The assembled heads of state – Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso (currently the G5 Executive President) Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali Idriss Déby Itno of Chad and Mohamed Cheikh el Ghazouani of Mauritania pleaded for more allies in the fight against terrorism...

Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou who chaired the meeting gathered to try to turn the underfunded understaffed and underwhelming anti-terrorist Force Conjointe du G5 Sahel into a credible fighting machine...

This was clearly Keïta's attempt to placate the Nigérien President Mahamadou Issoufou who on a visit to Bamako on 7 September publicly described Kidal as 'a threat to the internal security of Niger'...

His network includes president of Niger Republic Mahamadou Issoufou...

The opposition wants to keep Amadou in the contest and build momentum for him early so as to maximise his chances of succeeding President Mahamadou Issoufou who is in his second and final term...

In early June Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said that the G5 was 'about to receive' the €100 million promised by Saudi Arabia – but in early July there were no signs it had arrived...

The warmth of his reception outweighed those given to Rwanda's President Paul Kagame who was greeted by hundreds of Brussels's Rwandan expats – both supporters and opponents – while Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou and Burkina Faso's Roch Marc Christian Kaboré went almost unnoticed...

More than anything the budget has stoked accusations that President Mahamadou Issoufou serves foreign interests more than those of his own citizens...

President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger who assumed the G5 presidency from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali at a summit in Niamey early last month was quick to offer condolences and support...