Rebuilding an effective security partnership between Abuja and Niamey will require restoring trust; a slow process after the rupture caused by President Mohamed Bazoum's overthrow in July 2023 Ecowas's brief threat of military intervention under Tinubu's leadership and Tiani's refusal to compromise in the name of national self-reliance (AC Vol 64 No 16 &Vol 64 No 17)...

Mohamed Bazoum the ousted elected president remains in detention...

Nigériens are two weeks away from the second anniversary of the putsch that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum breaking military partnerships with France the United States and the European Union in the process...

The capacity of Nigeria's military to respond to these attacks and gather intelligence about the factions has been seriously weakened since the schism opened up between the Tinubu government and Niger after General Abdourahamane Tiani's coup against Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey on 23 July 2023...

There are some hints of compromise even among governments most angered by the coups particularly by the overthrow and indefinite detention of Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum...

Vanguard Africa the non-profit firm whose founders include long-time US Democrat party strategist Joe Trippi and Bruce Fryer has joined forces with regular partner Future Pact to campaign for the release of Niger's ousted President Mohamed Bazoum...

Last year in neighbouring Niger the head of the Presidential Guard General Abdourahmane Tchiani toppled President Mohamed Bazoum; the same pattern played out in Gabon (AC Vol 64 No 16 A coup foretold but not averted & Vol 65 No 20 Nguema's expensive balancing act)...

His administration clashed with the northern Muslim establishment in late 2023 when he threatened to invade Niger following the coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum...

Though the US was able to hold on for longer than France – who immediately demanded the reinstatement of President Mohamed Bazoum – it was not enough to stave off the Russians...