Sam Mednick

ARCHIVO - Palestinos hacen cola para recibir comida en el campo de refugiados de Jabaliya, en la Franja de Gaza, el 18 de marzo de 2024. (Foto AP/Mahmoud Essa, Archivo)

Norte de Gaza presumiblemente experimenta hambruna, advierte informe

June 4, 2024 at 11:02 p.m.

JERUSALÉN — JERUSALÉN (AP) — Un grupo independiente de expertos advirtió el martes que posiblemente se esté produciendo una hambruna en el norte de Gaza, pero que la guerra entre Israel y...

Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns

June 5, 2024 at 3:37 a.m.

JERUSALEM, Israel — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian...

FILE - Palestinians line up to receive meals at Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, March 18, 2024. The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. But a formal — and highly sensitive — famine declaration faces the complications of politics and of confirming how many people have died. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa, File)

The UN says there’s ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza. What does that mean?

May 6, 2024 at 5:01 p.m.

TEL AVIV, Israel — The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. But a...

FILE - A U.S. and Niger flag are raised side by side at the base camp for air forces and other personnel ing the construction of Niger Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger, April 16, 2018. The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence was no longer justified, two Western officials told The Associated Press Friday April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carley Petesch, File)

The US military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger

April 20, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — The United States will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger, U.S. officials said Saturday, in what experts say is a blow to Washington and its allies in the...

In this photo released by The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, shows officials burning seized drugs in Niamey, Niger, Monday, June 26, 2023. Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday April 19, 2024 in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. In 2022, 1,466 kilograms, [3,232 pounds], of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger compared to an average of 13 kilograms [28.7 pounds] between 2013 and 2020 , said the report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. (UNODC via AP)

The US attempts a new military deal with Niger in a last ditch effort to stay

April 19, 2024 at 4:44 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — The United States is attempting to create a new military agreement with Niger that would allow it to remain in the country, weeks after the junta said its presence...

Shlomi Berger sits in his daughter's bedroom in Holon, Israel, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Agam, 19, was abducted two days after the start of her army service along the border with Gaza during a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. "The over story says we come from slaves to free people, so this is a parallel story," Berger said. "This is the only thing I believe that will happen. That Agam will get out from darkness to light. She and all of the other hostages." (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israelis grapple with how to celebrate over, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive

April 18, 2024 at 11:02 a.m.

JERUSALEM — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family's over celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with...

A 39-year-old security guard stands on the doorway at a clinic in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday, March 11, 2024. She said she was sexually assaulted by a United Nations peacekeeper in November while on the night shift. Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations peacekeepers. Reasons include ongoing conflict in one of the world's most volatile countries, a weak legal system and the stigma of speaking up. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Sexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed

April 12, 2024 at 9:54 a.m.

BANGUI, Central African Republic — It was too late for the mother to shield her children when the two masked and armed Russian fighters burst into her home, held her at gunpoint...

Familiares de los rehenes capturados por Hamás que siguen siguen en Gaza, asisten a una reunión de una comisión parlamentaria para discutir la situación de las mujeres retenidas, en Jerusalén, el 2 de abril de 2024. (AP Foto/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Familiares de rehenes libran una carrera contrarreloj a seis meses del inicio de la guerra en Gaza

April 6, 2024 at 8:08 a.m.

JERUSALÉN — JERUSALÉN (AP) — Es el último deseo de una madre moribunda: volver a estar con su hija. Pero a seis meses del inicio de la guerra de Israel contra Hamás,...

For families of hostages, it’s a race against time as Israel’s war reaches six-month mark

April 6, 2024 at 7:47 p.m.

JERUSALEM — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to be with her daughter once more. But six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for Liora Argamani,...

Carole, a 32-year-old former combatant, sits in her home in Bouar, Central African Republic, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Nearly 5,000 fighters have put down their arms in Central African Republic since a disarmament program launched nearly a decade ago. Yet former rebels, communities and conflict experts say it's hard to halt fighting in a country still in conflict and where little other paid work exists. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Former rebels in Central African Republic disarm but face few options. Wagner is one of them

April 3, 2024 at 7:54 a.m.

BOUAR, Central African Republic — The bodies of children killed in the crossfire lay on the ground. It was too much for the rebel. After a year of fighting rivals across Central...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye holds a press conference after winning the presidential elections in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Senegal’s little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president

March 26, 2024 at 12:31 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s little-known, 44-year-old opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye was named the country's next president on Monday, less than two weeks after being released from prison to run in the...

FILE - A mural is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. Three survivors of an attack in Zaongo, central Burkina Faso, told AP that dozens of people were killed in their village on Nov. 5 when security forces attacked. One of the survivors, a 32-year-old farmer, said he photographed the horrific scenes of bodies as proof of the carnage before fleeing. (AP Photo, File)

Burkina Faso’s security forces are killing more civilians. Survivors detailed 1 village’s massacre

March 22, 2024 at 5:15 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The scenes were horrifying,...

ARCHIVO - En esta imagen tomada de un video proporcionado por ORTN, el coronel mayor Amadou Abdramane, al frente, centro, hace una declaración la noche del miércoles 26 de julio de 2023, en Niamey, Níger, mientas una delegación de militares aparecía en la televisión estatal de Níger para leer una serie de comunicados para anunciar el golpe de estado. (ORTN vía AP, Archivo)

Decision de Niger pone en riesgo operaciones militares de EEUU en region de Sahel

March 17, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Estados Unidos actuó con urgencia el domingo para evaluar el futuro de sus operaciones antiterroristas en el Sahel luego que la junta militar de Níger anunció que pondrá fin...

FILE - In this image taken from video provided by ORTN, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, front center, makes a statement on July 26, 2023, in Niamey, Niger, as a delegation of military officers appeared on Niger State TV to read out a series of communiques announcing their coup d'etat. The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with Washington. (ORTN via AP, File)

US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation

March 17, 2024 at 2:41 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger's junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with...

Cherif Fall, Senegal's number one surfer paddles to the wave in the Atlantic Ocean in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Instead of training in the waves off his Senegal homeland, Fall was wistfully preferring to be in Puerto Rico, where the last surfing qualifying competition for the Paris Olympics ends on Saturday. Senegal had nobody there to try and claim the last 14 spots for men and women because there was no money to send them, Fall says. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal’s top surfer wants a fighting chance to compete at the Olympics

March 1, 2024 at 7:58 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Cherif Fall kissed his wife on the lips and they swapped pecks on each other's foreheads, for good luck. Then he zipped up his wetsuit, grabbed his surfboard and...

A burning flare is visible at an oil extraction area located in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Takeaways from AP visit to Congo as nation offers expanded oil drilling

March 1, 2024 at 4:26 a.m.

MOANDA, Congo — The central African nation of Congo is offering 30 oil and gas blocks around the country for auction. It's a prospect that concerns environmentalists and some of the people...

Annie Kopacitino holds her daughter, who she says has been affected by the pollution caused by oil drilling, in her village of Tshiende, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. The country is looking to expand the oil drilling. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

As Congo seeks to expand drilling, some communities worry pollution will worsen

March 1, 2024 at 4:22 a.m.

MOANDA, Congo — The oil drills that loom down the road from Adore Ngaka's home remind him daily of everything he's lost. The extraction in his village in western Congo has polluted...

FILE - Senegal President Macky Sall poses before an interview with The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 9 , 2024. Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn't give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegal’s president says he’ll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections

February 22, 2024 at 10:38 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn't give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled...

ers of the Aar Sunu Senegal opposition collective demonstrate on a street, in Dakar, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Senegal's government says it will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country's top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Protestors keep pressure on Senegal’s president to hold elections as soon as possible

February 17, 2024 at 4:32 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Protestors took the streets in Senegal's capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar...

Senegal’s president says election will be as soon as possible, after court overturns delay

February 16, 2024 at 7:11 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country's top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote,...

ARCHIVO - Manifestantes protestan contra la decisión del presidente Macky Sall de aplazar las elecciones previstas para el 25 de febrero, en Dakar, Senegal, el 9 de febrero de 2024. (AP Foto/Stefan Kleinowitz, Archivo)

Por lo menos tres muertos en protestas en Senegal, dice Amnistia Internacional

February 13, 2024 at 5:41 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Fuerzas de seguridad de Senegal han matado a por lo menos tres personas, incluido un joven de 16 años, durante protestas en los últimos días contra la decisión del...

FILE - Demonstrators protest President Macky Sall decision to postpone the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Opposition leaders and candidates rejected the decision, calling it a "coup." Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president's decision to delay elections, Amnesty International said Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz, File)

A rights group says Senegal’s security forces have killed at least 3 people during protests

February 13, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Security forces in Senegal have killed at least three people, including a 16-year-old boy, during protests in recent days denouncing the president's decision to delay elections, Amnesty International said...

Senegal President Macky Sall poses during an interview with The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide

February 10, 2024 at 4:20 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent protests erupted across the country on Friday. In his first interview since announcing the delay, Sall brushed...

ARCHIVO - El presidente de la República Democrática del Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, saluda a sus partidarios tras emitir su voto como parte de las elecciones presidenciales, en Kinsasa, República Democrática del Congo, el miércoles 20 de diciembre de 2023. (AP Foto/Mosa'ab Elshamy, archivo)

Presidente de Republica Democratica del Congo gana reeleccion; oposicion rechaza resultado

December 31, 2023 at 5:54 p.m.

KINSASA — El presidente de la República Democrática del Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, ganó la reelección con más del 70% de los votos, informó el domingo la comisión electoral del país, pero los...

FILE - Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi waves to his ers after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi wins reelection with over 70% of vote, election commission says. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

December 31, 2023 at 4:29 p.m.

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday as opposition candidates and their ers questioned the validity...

Security forces assault a er of presidential candidate Martin Fayulu during clashes outside his party's headquarters, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Fayulu, a main opposition candidate accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in Congo's capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do for last week's presidential election. Fayulu is one of five opposition candidates who say the election should be rerun and question its credibility. Some rights groups and international observers also have questioned the vote. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Opposition candidate in Congo alleges police fired bullets as protesters seek re-do of election

December 27, 2023 at 3:10 p.m.

KINSHASA, Congo — A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in the capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week's...

Election officials compare figures while counting votes at a polling station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Lengthy delays at the polls forced officials on Wednesday to extend voting in Congo's presidential election as many residents in the mineral-rich West African nation struggled to cast ballots because of steep logistical and security challenges, raising concerns about the integrity of the process. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo conducts a 2nd day of voting after delays and closed polls keep people from casting ballots

December 21, 2023 at 8:12 p.m.

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo was wrapping up its second day of voting Thursday after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced officials to extend the balloting in the general election. The problems...

Una mujer busca su nombre en un centro de votación en Goma, en el este de República Democrática del Congo, el miércoles 20 de diciembre de 2023. República Democrática del Congo elegía presidente el miércoles mientras las autoridades trataban de ultimar los preparativos en unos comicios marcados por los desafíos logísticos y de seguridad. (AP Foto/Moses Sawasawa)

Republica Democratica del Congo elige presidente entre temores por la limpieza de las elecciones

December 20, 2023 at 7:52 a.m.

KINSASA, Congo — República Democrática del Congo elegía presidente el miércoles mientras las autoridades trataban de ultimar los preparativos en unos comicios marcados por los desafíos logísticos y de seguridad, y la...

Voters look for their names outside a polling station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Congo headed to the polls Wednesday to vote for president as authorities scrambled to finalise preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo’s presidential vote is extended as delays and smudged ballots lead to fears about credibility

December 20, 2023 at 10:47 p.m.

KINSHASA, Congo — Lengthy delays at the polls forced officials on Wednesday to extend voting in Congo's presidential election as many residents in the mineral-rich West African nation struggled to cast ballots...

FILE - Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, center, flanked by his wife Denise Nyakeru, greets ers at a rally in Goma, Eastern Congo, on Dec. 10, 2023. Tshisekedi is seeking reelection in Dec. 20 elections. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Congo’s elections face enormous logistical problems sparking concerns about the vote’s credibility

December 18, 2023 at 6:04 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Congo's president says he has confidence Wednesday's vote will be rolled out credibly, as tensions mount that a severe lack of electoral preparation could throw the conflict-riddled nation into...

FILE - Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum smiles before a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron, Feb. 16, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. A court of the West African regional bloc ordered the release and reinstatement of Niger's democratically elected president Friday Dec. 15, 2023 nearly five months after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

West African court orders Niger’s president to be released and reinstated nearly 5 months after coup

December 15, 2023 at 2:58 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — A court of the West African regional bloc ordered the release and reinstatement of Niger's democratically elected president Friday, nearly five months after he was overthrown by mutinous soldiers.The...

UN warns nearly 50 million people could face hunger next year in West and Central Africa

December 12, 2023 at 7:26 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — The United Nations warned on Tuesday that hunger could surge across West and Central Africa next year, primarily driven by violence in the conflict-riddled region. Nearly 50 million people...

FILE - The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israeli officials say victim testimony and evidence gathered by rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

New signs emerge of ‘widespread’ sexual crimes by Hamas, as Netanyahu alleges global indifference

December 6, 2023 at 2:19 p.m.

JERUSALEM — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere...

Israelis embrace next to photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants during their violent rampage through the Nova music festival in southern Israel, which are displayed at the site of the event, as Israeli DJs spun music, to commemorate the October 7, massacre, near kibbutz Re'im, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Nearly two months after Hamas infiltrated Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostage, dozens are still uned for, their families left living in limbo. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive

December 1, 2023 at 3:46 p.m.

JERUSALEM — There was no trace of Hanan Yablonka — not on the 42-year-old Israeli's social media s nor on his phone, found in the bullet-riddled car he and four friends tried...

Tatyana Prima, who fled Mariupol, Ukraine, poses for a portrait with her national flag and the Israeli flag she displays outside of her apartment window in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. She thought she'd left the bombs behind when she fled after Russian troops decimated her city. Risking her life, the 38-year-old escaped with her injured husband and young daughter, bringing the family to safety in southern Israel. Yet the calm she was slowly regaining shattered on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants invaded, thrusting her onto the frontlines once again. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Ukrainians who fled their country for Israel find themselves yet again living with war

November 21, 2023 at 5:08 p.m.

ASHKELON, Israel — Tatyana Prima thought she'd left the bombs behind when she fled Ukraine more than a year and a half ago, after Russia decimated her city, Mariupol. The 38-year-old escaped...

Community sit in Materi town, Benin, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, waiting for a distribution of small portable stoves. Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have been spreading for years from the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert — the Sahel — into wealthier West African coastal states like Benin. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State take root on the coast of West Africa

November 10, 2023 at 5:12 p.m.

ATACORA, Benin — The insurgents pressured Zackari to their movement, and he turned them down.Now he's frightened of their revenge. He has been on the run from the jihadi fighters for...

FILE - Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. The blood bank and processing center is a subterranean and shielded facility that became operational a few days before Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israeli areas near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Israel’s fortified underground blood bank processes unprecedented amounts as troops move into Gaza

November 4, 2023 at 4:00 a.m.

RAMLA, Israel — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country's new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Staffers moved equipment into the underground bunker and started...

Gilbert Kakpo, a Voodoo priest, stands by a a sacred tree, who he claims is the protector of women at the Bohouezoun sacred forest in Benin, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. “Our divinity is the protector of women,” he says. “If you’re a woman who’s had miscarriages or has given birth to stillborn children and you come here for rituals, you’ll never endure those hardships again ... I can’t count the number of people who have been healed or treated here.” (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

October 29, 2023 at 4:08 a.m.

PORTO-NOVO, Benin — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to...

completes withdrawal of troops from northern base in Niger as part of planned departure

October 23, 2023 at 12:16 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — has completed the withdrawal of troops from a northern base in Niger as part of a planned departure from the West African country in the wake of July's...

Lawyers call for ousted Niger president’s release after the junta says it foiled an escape attempt

October 20, 2023 at 1:14 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president called for his immediate release Friday, a day after the ruling military junta said it had thwarted an overnight attempt by the president to...

Una manifestación de partidarios de la junta militar en Niamey, Níger, el 27 de julio de 2023. (Foto AP/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou)

Tropas sas empiezan a salir de Niger tras golpe de Estado

October 11, 2023 at 12:42 p.m.

COTONOU, Benín — COTONOU, Benín (AP) — Las tropas sas han comenzado a abandonar Níger más de dos meses después de que un grupo de soldados amotinados derrocó al presidente democráticamente elegido...

FILE - With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, ers of Niger's ruling junta demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, on July 27, 2023. The French troops being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of decadelong defense amid efforts led by the West, particularly U.S. and , to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region.. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou, File)

French troops are starting to withdraw from Niger and junta leaders give UN head 72 hours to leave

October 11, 2023 at 8:29 p.m.

COTONOU, Benin — French troops have started leaving Niger more than two months after mutinous soldiers toppled the African country’s democratically elected president, the military said Wednesday. More than 100 personnel left...

El presidente nigerino, Mohamed Bazoum, previo a una reunión con el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, en el Palacio del Elíseo el 16 de febrero de 2023, en París. (AP Foto/Michel Euler, Archivo)

EEUU designa formalmente destitucion del presidente de Niger golpe de Estado

October 10, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Estados Unidos declaró formalmente el martes que el derrocamiento del presidente democráticamente elegido de Níger fue un golpe de Estado, más de dos meses después de la toma del poder...

The US declares the ousting of Niger’s president a coup and suspends military aid and training

October 10, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday formally declared the ousting of Niger's democratically-elected president a coup d'etat, more than two months after mutinous soldiers seized power.Senior istration officials told reporters that...

Extremist attack kills at least 12 soldiers in Niger as jihadi violence increases post-coup

September 29, 2023 at 10:38 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — An attack by Islamic extremists in western Niger killed at least a dozen soldiers and wounded seven others, the West African nation's military junta said. The soldiers were on...

Mouhamadou Ibrahim, a former jihadi commander who decided to defect, poses for a photograph in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. The future of a program in Niger that encourages jihadi fighters to defect and reintegrate into society is unclear after mutinous soldiers toppled the government that launched it. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A national program in Niger encouraged jihadis to defect. The coup put its future in jeopardy

September 6, 2023 at 6:48 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — It took months of convincing before the former jihadi commander decided to defect, trading in his guns and wealth for amnesty and a chance to live with his family.Before...

More than 50 security forces killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso, as violence inches closer to capital

September 5, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 50 security forces were killed and dozens wounded during intense fighting with jihadis in northern Burkina Faso, the army said Tuesday. Seventeen soldiers and three dozen volunteer...

Un cartel roto del presidente de Gabón, Ali Bongo Ondimba, en una calle de Libreville, Gabón, el 30 de agosto de 2023, el mismo día que fue derrocado. (Foto AP/Yves Laurent, archivo)

Jefe militar asume presidencia de Gabon a dias del golpe de Estado

September 4, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

LIBREVILLE, Gabón — El nuevo líder militar de Gabón prestó juramento como jefe de Estado el lunes, menos de una semana después de derrocar al presidente cuya familia había gobernado la...

This video grab shows soldiers holding General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema aloft in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power. (Gabon24 via AP)

Gabon’s military leader is sworn in as head of state after ousting the president last week

September 4, 2023 at 11:23 a.m.

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Gabon 's new military leader was sworn in as the head of state Monday less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African...

FILE - ers of Capt. Ibrahim Traore protest against and the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 4, 2022. In Sept. 2023, The era of 's arm-twisting interventionism in Africa may finally be over. has sat by militarily despite moves by putschists to seize control of former French colonies in recent years. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo, File)

’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few their former colonizer

September 4, 2023 at 7:22 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — When Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, condemned the takeover but did little to intervene — despite having hundreds of troops...

ARCHIVO - La imagen tomada de un video muestra a partidarios del golpe de Estado festejando a la policía en Libreville, Gabón, 30 de agosto de 2023. Un dirigente opositor en Gabón acusó a la familia del presidente recientemente depuesto de maquinar su caída para mantener el poder en la nación de África central rica en petróleo. (AP Foto/Betiness Mackosso, File)

Opositor en Gabon acusa a familia de presidente depuesto de apoyar complot

September 1, 2023 at 2:59 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — El dirigente de la oposición en Gabón acusó a la familia del presidente recientemente depuesto de maquinar su caída para mantener el poder en la nación de África Central...

ARCHIVO - Partidarios de la junta gobernante nigerina alzan una bandera rusa al inicio de una protesta convocada para luchar por la libertad del país y rechazar la injerencia extranjera, en Niamey, Níger, 3 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick, File)

Niger expulsa a embajador s

August 31, 2023 at 1:18 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — La junta militar de Níger ha revocado la inmunidad diplomática del embajador de Francia y ordenado a la policía que lo expulse del país, según una declaración del régimen...

FILE - ers of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2023. The mutinous soldiers who overthrew democratically elected Niger President Mohamed Bazoum have announced a raft of measures that analysts say are aimed at strengthening their grip on power while preparing to defend against any military attempt by regional leaders to reinstate Bazoum, it was reported on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Niger’s military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity

August 31, 2023 at 4:39 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of 's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West African country, according to a statement from the military...

Un cartel con la imagen del presidente de Gabón, Ali Bongo Ondimba, donde el rostro fue vandalizado, en una calle vacía en Libreville, Gabón, el 30 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Yves Laurent)

Analista: destitucion de presidente es una “cortina de humo” de los militares de Gabon

August 31, 2023 at 11:35 a.m.

Los gaboneses se despertaron el jueves con una nueva junta militar al frente del país luego de que soldados amotinados derrocaron al presidente, cuya familia había gobernado el país centroafricano,...

This video grab shows coup ers cheering police officers in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers speaking on state television announced that they had seized power in and were overturning the results of a presidential election that had seen Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba extend his family's 55-year hold on power. ( AP Photo/Betiness Mackosso)

Gabon election results were a ‘smokescreen’ for soldiers to oust unpopular president, analysts say

August 31, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — The ouster of Gabon's president by mutinous soldiers appears to have been well organized and capitalized on the population's grievances against the government as an excuse to seize power,...

Este fotograma muestra al vocero de los soldados amotinados durante el discurso televisivo en el que anuncian la toma del poder, en Libreville, el 30 de agosto de 2023. (GABON 24 vía AP)

Soldados amotinados en Gabon anuncian al nuevo gobernante tras golpe de Estado

August 31, 2023 at 12:09 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — LIBREVILLE, Gabón (AP) — Los soldados amotinados de Gabón proclamaron el miércoles al jefe de la guardia republicana como nuevo gobernante después de que pusieran en arresto domiciliario al...

This video grab shoes the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023. Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power. (GABON 24 via AP)

Mutineers in Gabon appoint a military leader after detaining the president, alleging corruption

August 31, 2023 at 4:52 a.m.

DAKAR, Senegal — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon proclaimed their republican guard chief as the country’s leader Wednesday after placing the just-reelected President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, alleging betrayal and massive...

ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah, centre, speaks during a press briefing following the Extraordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of the Defence Staff, in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Musah announced the ECOWAS forces are ready to act and intervene in Niger should all options fail At left is Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Gwabin Musa, and right is Senegal's General Mbaye Cisse. (AP Photo/Richard Eshun Nanaresh)

Niger junta’s 3-year transition plan is a ‘provocation,’ says West African regional bloc

August 24, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation.The...

Migrantes varados en un campamento improvisado el martes 22 de agosto de 2023, en Niamey, Níger. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Miles de migrantes quedan varados en Niger por cierre de fronteras tras golpe

August 23, 2023 at 4:24 a.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Después de pasar tres meses atravesando el desierto para posteriormente ver a otros migrantes morir en altamar durante su intento de llegar a Europa, Sahr...

Sahr John Yambasu, 29, from Sierra Leone, poses for a photograph in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. After three months of traipsing through the desert and watching people die at sea trying to reach Europe, Yambasu decided to return home. But when he reached Niger in June on his journey back, United Nations officials told him to wait until the packed migrant centers emptied before he could be repatriated. Then weeks later mutinous soldiers toppled Niger's president shuttering the borders and trapping him inside. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup

August 23, 2023 at 1:20 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting...

Nigerien police officers sit outside the customs offices in Niamey, Niger, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Around 300 trucks of food and other materials crossed into Niger from Burkina Faso with many arriving in the capital, Niamey Sunday, according to a regional custom's official. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

The African Union suspends Niger until ‘the effective restoration of constitutional order’

August 22, 2023 at 4:06 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — The African Union on Tuesday suspended Niger from all of its institutions and activities “until the effective restoration of constitutional order” following last month's coup. The Executive Council of...

Un grupo de mujeres espera para poder vacunar a sus hijos en Niamey, Níger, el 21 de agosto de 2023.. (Foto AP/Sam Mednick)

Apagones por sanciones en Niger amenazan con estropear millones de vacunas

August 21, 2023 at 7:56 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — La ONU está gastando más de 20 veces el dinero usual para pagar por el combustible para generadores que eviten que se estropeen millones de...

Women gather at a clinic to have their children vaccinated in Niamey, Niger, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Severe economic and travel sanctions imposed by the West African regional bloc ECOWAS after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president in July, are taking a toll on Nigeriens and causing concern for health workers. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Power cuts in Niger threaten to spoil millions of vaccines as sanctions take their toll, UN says

August 21, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — The U.N. is spending over 20 times more money than usual on fuel for generators to keep millions of vaccines in Niger from spoiling due to incessant power cuts....

De izquierda a derecha, el presidente de la comisión de la Comunidad Económica de Estados de África Occidental (CEDEAO), Mousa Tourey; el enviado especial de la CEDEAO a la República de Níger, el general Abdulsalami Abubakar; el presidente depuesto de Níger, Mohamed Bazoum y el sultán de Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar III, posan en Niamey, Níger, el sábado 19 de agosto de 2023. Un funcionario presente en la reunión entre los soldados amotinados en Níger y una delegación del bloque regional de África Occidental dijo a The Associated Press que las negociaciones del sábado 19 de agosto de 2023 habían dado pocos resultados. (AP Foto, Archivo)

Conversaciones entre junta de Niger y el bloque regional dan pocos avances, segun un funcionario

August 20, 2023 at 9:42 a.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Los soldados amotinados en Níger están presionados por sanciones regionales por negarse a reinstaurar al presidente del país, al que derrocaron hace casi un mes,...

From left; President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mousa Tourey, ECOWAS Special Envoy to Republic of Niger, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Niger ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar III, pose in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. An official present at talks between Niger's mutinous soldiers and a delegation from West Africa's regional bloc tells The Associated Press that talks Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, yielded little and that the soldiers are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to reinstate the country’s president whom they toppled nearly a month ago while being fearful of attacks from .. (AP Photo, File)

Talks between regional bloc and Niger’s junta yield little, an official tells The Associated Press

August 20, 2023 at 10:52 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Mutinous soldiers in Niger are under pressure from regional sanctions as they refuse to reinstate the country's president whom they toppled nearly a month ago while being fearful of...

El vicealmirante de Ghana Seth Amoama, al centro, flanqueado por el teniente general Yankuba Drammeh, de Gambia (izquierda), y por el general Lassina Doumbia, de Costa de Marfil, escuchan durante una reunión del comité de jefes de Estado Mayor de Defensa de la CEDEAO en Acra, Ghana, el viernes 18 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Richard Eshun Nanaresh)

Niger: Lider de junta dice que restaurara gobierno civil dentro de 3 anos

August 19, 2023 at 11:44 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — El líder de los soldados amotinados que derrocaron al presidente elegido democráticamente de Níger dijo el sábado por la noche que devolverán el gobierno civil...

Young people gather to to volunteer to fight for the country as part of a volunteer initiative, in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Thousands turned up as a delegation from regional nations were expected to arrive in Niger in a last-ditch diplomacy effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country's president last month. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Leader of Niger’s junta says it will restore civilian rule within 3 years, but gives no details

August 19, 2023 at 10:06 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — The leader of mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger's democratically elected president said Saturday night that they will return the country to civilian rule within three years. Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani...

11 paises de Africa se comprometen a operacion militar para reinstalar presidente derrocado de Niger

August 19, 2023 at 1:10 a.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Once naciones del occidente de África acordaron aportar efectivos para una operación dirigida a reinstalar al mandatario democráticamente elegido de Níger que fue derrocado el...

Mechanics work on a car in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Niger, an impoverished country of some 25 million people, was seen as one of the last countries that Western nations could partner with in Africa's Sahel region to beat back a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Before last month's coup, Europe and the United States had poured hundreds of millions of dollars into propping up its military. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger

August 19, 2023 at 12:34 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Eleven West African nations have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger’s democratically elected president following last month’s coup, an official for the regional...

Los jefes de defensa de la CEDEAO, a excepción de los de Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea y Níger, posan para una foto de grupo antes de una reunión extraordinaria en Accra, Ghana, el jueves 17 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Richard Eshun Nanaresh)

Asociacion africana se reune en Ghana para discutir crisis de Niger

August 17, 2023 at 5:27 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Los países de la región enfrentan una crisis de legitimidad conforme se les acaban las opciones y el tiempo para restaurar al gobierno democrático en...

FILE - Children run in the streets of Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 13, 2023. Defense chiefs from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, are meeting in Ghana Thursday Aug. 17, 2023 to discuss Niger's crisis after a deadline ed for mutinous soldiers to release and reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum or face military intervention. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Niger’s neighbors running out of options as defense chiefs meet to discuss potential military force

August 18, 2023 at 4:09 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — West African defense chiefs met Thursday to discuss the crisis in Niger after coup leaders there ignored their deadline to step down, leaving the region's countries with few options...

ARCHIVO - Mohamed Toumba, uno de los soldados que depuso al presidente de Níger, Mohamed Bazoum, se dirige a partidarios de la junta militar que ha tomado el poder, en Niamey, Níger, el domingo 6 de agosto de 2023. Algunos nigerinos preparaban una campaña para reclutar voluntarios y ayudar a la junta militar en caso de una invasión de países de la región, que han exigido la restauración del orden democrático. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Ataque yihadista en Niger mata a 17 soldados; sigue caos tras el golpe de Estado

August 16, 2023 at 7:21 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Insurgentes mataron a 17 soldados e hirieron a una veintena en el primer gran ataque en medio año en Níger, donde las potencias occidentales temen...

FILE - ers of Niger's ruling junta gather at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 2023. Nigeriens are preparing for war against regional countries threatening to invade, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president. Residents in the capital, Niamey, are calling for the mass recruitment of volunteers to assist the army in the face of a growing threat by the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, which says it will use military force if the junta doesn’t reinstate the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

First major jihadi attack since coup kills 17 and wounds dozens in Niger, fueling Western fears

August 16, 2023 at 6:09 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Insurgents killed 17 soldiers and wounded nearly 24 in the first major attack in half a year against the army in Niger, where Western powers fear a coup by...

Un vendedor callejero espera clientes en Niamey, Níger, 14 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Grupo de DDHH dice no tener a presos en Niger

August 15, 2023 at 4:57 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Activistas por los derechos humanos en Níger dicen que no se les ha permitido acceder a altos funcionarios políticos detenidos cuando los militares derrocaron hace...

Nigerian men repair chairs in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. Niger, an impoverished country of some 25 million people, was seen as one of the last countries that Western nations could partner with in Africa's Sahel region to beat back a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Before last month's coup, Europe and the United States had poured hundreds of millions of dollars into propping up its military. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A human rights group in Niger says it can’t get access to officials who were detained after coup

August 15, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials who were detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the African country's democratically elected...

ARCHIVO - El presidente nigerino Mohamed Bazoum sonríe antes de un almuerzo de trabajo con el mandatario francés Emmanuel Macron, el 16 de febrero de 2023, en el Palacio del Elíseo, en París. (AP Foto/Michel Euler, archivo)

Los lideres golpistas en Niger dicen que juzgaran al presidente depuesto por “alta traicion”

August 14, 2023 at 12:08 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Los soldados amotinados en Níger anunciaron el lunes que juzgarán al presidente depuesto, Mohamed Bazoum, por “alta traición” y socavar la seguridad del estado, horas...

Hombres nigerinos se reúnen para una protesta contra Francia en Niamey, Níger, el viernes 11 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Golpistas en Niger sacan ventaja al grupo que amenaza con intervencion militar, segun analistas

August 13, 2023 at 11:24 a.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Una semana después de que venciera el plazo límite para que los soldados amotinados en Níger reinstaurasen al presidente depuesto del país o enfrentaran una...

Children run in the streets of Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. People marched, biked and drove through downtown Niamey, chanting "down with " and expressing anger at ECOWAS. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Niger’s junta gains the upper hand over the regional bloc threatening military force, analysts say

August 13, 2023 at 2:31 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — One week after a deadline ed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country's ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No military action...

Insa Garba Saidou, coordinador del Círculo para la Reflexión por la Democracia, un grupo que abarca a organizaciones locales de defensa de los derechos humanos que respaldan el régimen militar, posa para una fotografía en Niamey, Níger, el 11 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Activista: Region debe “aceptar nuevo regimen” de Niger o arriesgarse a guerra

August 12, 2023 at 7:47 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — La única forma de evitar el conflicto en Níger entre los soldados amotinados que derrocaron al presidente y los países vecinos que amenazan con intervenir...

Insa Garba Saidou, coordinator for the Circle for Reflection for Democracy, an umbrella group of local organisations defending human rights and ing the military regime, poses for a photograph in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Saidou said that the only way to avoid conflict between mutinous soldiers that ousted the president in Niger and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him, is to recognise the new regime. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

An activist tied to Niger’s junta says its leaders won’t hold talks until the region recognizes them

August 12, 2023 at 5:24 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — The only way to avoid conflict in Niger between mutinous soldiers who ousted the president and regional countries threatening an invasion to reinstate him is to recognize the new...

El presidente de Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (centro, primera fila), posa para una foto de grupo con otros líderes de África Occidental antes de una reunión de la CEDEAO en Abuya, Nigeria, el 10 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Gbemiga Olamikan)

Crece la tension tras anuncio de bloque occidental africano de despliegue en Niger

August 11, 2023 at 10:05 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Las tensiones seguían aumentando el viernes entre el nuevo régimen militar de Níger y el bloque de naciones africanas que ordenó un despliegue de tropas...

Nigerien men carrying Russian and Niger flags ride their motorcycle to an anti-French protest in Niamey, Niger, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.The ECOWAS bloc said it had directed a "standby force" to restore constitutional order in Niger after its deadline to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum expired. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger

August 12, 2023 at 4:27 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Tensions are escalating between Niger's new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger's flailing democracy. The ECOWAS bloc...

Los jefes de Defensa de la Comunidad Económica de Estados de África Occidental (CEDEAO), excluidos Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea y Níger, posan para la foto en Abuja, Nigeria, 4 de agosto de 2023, donde se reunieron de emergencia para discutir la situación en Níger. (AP Foto/ Chinedu Asadu)

Junta de Niger amenaza con matar al presidente depuesto en caso de intervencion militar

August 10, 2023 at 6:26 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — La junta de Níger advirtió a una diplomática estadounidense que matará al presidente depuesto Mohamed Bazoum si los países vecinos intentan una intervención militar para...

Motorcyclists ride by the entrance of the airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. West African heads of state have begun meeting Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria, on next steps to take after Niger's military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the deposed president. Analysts say the bloc known as ECOWAS might be running out of options as fades for a military intervention. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Western officials: Niger junta warned they’d kill deposed president after any military intervention

August 10, 2023 at 8:01 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Western officials...

Partidarios de la junta militar de Níger sostienen una bandera rusa en Niamey, Níger, el domingo 6 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Presidente derrocado de Niger se esta quedando sin comida, dice asesor

August 9, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — El derrocado presidente de Níger se está quedando sin comida y está experimentando otras dificultades dos semanas después de que fue depuesto y colocado bajo...

Demonstrators gather in front of the Embassy of Niger in Paris, in of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and ECOWAS, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

Niger’s ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest, 2 weeks after coup

August 9, 2023 at 5:36 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger's deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an...

Partidarios de la junta gobernante de Níger vitorean en Niamey, Niger, el domingo 6 de agosto de 2023. Los nigerinos se preparaban para una posible intervención militar al vencer el plazo para que la nueva junta militar reinstaurase al presidente depuesto del país. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Junta militar de Niger rechaza intento diplomatico mas reciente para restituir al presidente

August 8, 2023 at 11:41 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — La junta militar de Níger rechazó el último intento diplomático para restituir al presidente Mohamed Bazoum luego de que se negó a aceptar el martes...

Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses ers of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Nigeriens are bracing for a possible military intervention as time's run out for its new junta leaders to reinstate the country's ousted president. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Niger’s junta rejects a diplomatic visit by regional and UN officials over ‘atmosphere of menace’

August 8, 2023 at 10:23 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger's military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to reinstall the ousted president, rejecting a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union...

Mohamed Toumba, uno de los soldados que depuso al presidente de Níger, Mohamed Bazoum, se dirige a partidarios de la junta militar que ha tomado el control del país, en Niamey, el domingo 6 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Bloque regional africano se reunira para discutir proximos pasos en Niger

August 7, 2023 at 2:56 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Un bloque regional africano informó que los jefes de Estado se reunirán el jueves para discutir sus próximos pasos después de que la junta militar...

Niger coup leaders refuse to let senior US diplomat meet with nation’s president

August 7, 2023 at 11:49 p.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — A senior U.S. diplomat said coup leaders in Niger refused to allow her to meet Monday with the West African country’s democratically elected president, whom she described as under...

Partidarios de la junta gobernante de Níger, acompañados por fuerzas de seguridad, montan guardia en una rotonda en Niamey, Níger, la mañana del domingo 6 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Vence plazo para que Niger reincorpore al presidente. La poblacion se preparara para lo que viene

August 6, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — El plazo para que la junta militar de Níger reincorpore al derrocado presidente del país venció el domingo, pero el bloque regional que ha amenazado...

Partidarios de la junta militar que tomó el poder en Níger despliegan una bandera rusa al inicio de una protesta convocada para luchar por la libertad de país y contra una intervención extranjera, en Niamey, Níger, el 3 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Junta militar de Niger pide ayuda a Grupo Wagner mientras enfrenta amenaza de intervencion militar

August 5, 2023 at 5:57 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — La nueva junta militar de Níger pidió ayuda al grupo mercenario ruso Wagner mientras se acerca la fecha límite para liberar al presidente derrocado o enfrentar una posible intervención...

ers of Niger's ruling junta hold a Russian flag at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The march falls on the West African nation's independence day from its former colonial ruler, , and as anti-French sentiment spikes, more than one week after mutinous soldiers ousted the country's democratically elected president. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat

August 6, 2023 at 12:44 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible...

En esta imagen de archivo, soldados ses desembarcan de un avión de carga C130 de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos en una base de Niamey, Níger, el 9 de junio de 2021. (AP Foto/Jerome Delay, archivo)

Africa occidental define plan de intervencion militar en Niger

August 4, 2023 at 11:12 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Los titulares de defensa de las naciones de África occidental definieron el viernes un plan de intervención y solicitaron a sus ejércitos preparar recursos ante...

FILE - French Barkhane Air Force mechanics maintain a Mirage 2000 on the Niamey, Niger base, on June 5, 2021. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, night, the junta said on state television it was terminating the military agreements and protocols signed with it's former colonial ruler, . (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

West Africa defense chiefs finalize Niger intervention plan as junta negotiations deadlock

August 5, 2023 at 2:11 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Defense chiefs from West African nations finalized an intervention plan Friday and urged militaries to ready resources after negotiations deadlocked with Niger’s military junta, which says it is severing...

In Niger, the US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa

August 4, 2023 at 2:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging for U.S. forces at a counterterrorism base in a region of West Africa known as the world’s epicenter...

Simpatizantes de la junta militar de Níger participan en una manifestación en el día de la independencia del país convocada para luchar por la libertad de la nación y rechazar la intromisión extranjera, en Niamey, Níger, el jueves 3 de agosto de 2023. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Aumenta presion internacional sobre los golpistas de Niger; cientos apoyan a junta militar

August 3, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — La junta gobernante de Níger y grupos de la sociedad civil pidieron a la población que se movilizara el jueves en la capital para pelear por la libertad...

International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger while hundreds rally in of junta

August 4, 2023 at 2:09 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — International pressure mounted Thursday against leaders of the coup in Niger as the American secretary of state said the United States “stands very much” in of West African...

French and other nationals gather at the international Airport to be airlifted back to on a French military aircraft, in Niamey, Niger, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, to be airlifted back to on a French military aircraft. French forces in the capital, Niamey, evacuated hundreds of mostly French nationals to Paris on two flights Tuesday, following concerns that their citizens and other Europeans risked becoming trapped by last week’s military coup, which ousted and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Niger’s military ruler warns against foreign meddling, urges population to defend the country

August 3, 2023 at 2:02 a.m.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger's new military ruler lashed out at neighboring countries and the international community in a nationally televised speech Wednesday night, and he called on the population to be ready...

Soldados ses brindan asistencia a ciudadanos ses, en su mayoría, en un autobús a la espera de ser enviados vía aérea a Francia en una aeronave militar sa, el martes 1 de agosto de 2023, en el aeropuerto internacional de Niamey, Níger. (AP Foto/Sam Mednick)

Se intensifica crisis en Niger; los extranjeros empiezan a irse del pais

August 2, 2023 at 6:10 a.m.

NIAMEY, Níger — NIAMEY, Níger (AP) — Ciudadanos extranjeros hacían fila el miércoles ante un aeropuerto en la capital de Níger y esperaban salir del país a bordo de un avión militar...

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