The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for the immediate release of Mohamed Bazoum and his wife, ...

Former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife have been detained by Niger's military junta since July 2023, when it ...

Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

According to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN WGAD) urged the release of Nigerien former President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife, Hadiza, ...

Bazoum, who was elected in 2021, was overthrown on 26 July 2023 by General Abdourahamane Tiani, the head of his presidential ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention from February 15-19 to outline its long-awaited political transition. The junta, ...

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

Niger's then President Mohamed Bazoum at a press conference at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on 23 June 2022.

It is almost a year since the lifting of heavy sanctions on Niger imposed by a regional West African bloc to protest against ...

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched a ...