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...

Brussels risks being accused of complicity in the juntas' rights abuses and the Sahelian military leaders – General Assimi Goïta Captain Ibrahim Traoré and Gen Abdourahamane Tiani – don't want reports of deals with Brussels to undermine their nationalist anti-west stance...

Faye and Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko were also welcomed to Sahelian capitals last year yet they could not convince the Malian Nigérien and Burkinabè leaders Assimi Goïta Abdourahamane Tiani and Ibrahim Traoré to drop their plan to quit Ecowas...

The strengthening of Paris-Abuja ties has further antagonised Niger whose leader General Abdourahamane Tiani has accused France of paying Nigeria to set up terrorist centres in border states (Dispatches 31/12/24 Junta accuses Nigeria of French kiss )...

General Abdourahamane Tiani's junta may well decide that a Chinese firm is its best bet (AC Vol 65 No 23 Yellowcake shutdown)...

General Abdourahamane Tiani's regime accused Pinto da França of conducting ‘unauthorised operations' by dividing a €1...

But the Niger/Benin border has been closed for the past 15 months since last year's military coup which brought the ruling junta led by General Abdourahamane Tiani to power...

General Abdourahamane Tiani's military junta has carried out its threat to revoke the uranium mining licences of companies deemed not to have progressed their projects quickly enough but has not appointed any other investors in their place...