Niger coup: Behind military takeover, a feud over the former President’s legacy
MOUSSA AKSAR, DAVID LEWIS and DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS, of Reuters, report…
West Africa bloc mediator “satisfied” after meeting Burkina Faso new military leader
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied by a meeting with the country’s new military leader Ibrahim Traore. Issoufou added that the 15-member bloc would continue accompanying Burkina Faso’s transition to constitutional rule after the country […]
Abduction of Italian priest shocks Niger
World Watch Monitor In Niger, the abduction of an Italian priest in the southwest of the country has left the communities he served for 11 years in shock and sorrow. Fr Pier Luigi Maccalli, 57, was kidnapped by unknown armed men on Monday night in his parish of Bamoanga, about 125 kilometres from the capital […]
US missionary, captive for 20 months, is alive, reports Niger’s president
World Watch Monitor A US missionary kidnapped in Niger in October, 2016 is alive, according to the West African nation’s president. Jeff Woodke, who worked for Jeunesse en Mission Entraide et Developpement (JEMED), a branch of the US-based Youth With a Mission, was abducted by unknown assailants late in the evening of Friday, 14th October, […]
AFRICA: NIGER’S CHURCHES REBUILT BUT THE WEST AFRICAN NATION “NO LONGER TOLERANT”
ILLIA DJADI reports for World Watch Monitor on how, in the aftermath of attacks three years ago, Niger’s churches have been rebuilt as “joy and celebration” has replaced “sorrow and anger” among the nation’s small Christian population…