2026 Nigerien coup attempt
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On 29 August 2026, the Armed Forces for the Restoration of the Fatherland attempted a coup against President Abdourahamane Tiani in the country's capital Niamey. Gunfire and explosions were reported n
Diori Hamani International Airport, close to where clashes broke out
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Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina
2026 Nigerien coup attempt
…Russian intervention was crucial to keeping Tiani's regime in power, saying "I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the Russians saved the day." Niger: The ruling military council, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland called for unity. Bana Wagana Ibrahim described the coup as cowardly…
Rock engraving showing herds of giraffe, ibex, and other animals in the southern Sahara near Tiguidit, Niger
The Grand Mosque of Agadez
Overlooking the town of Zinder and the Sultan's Palace from the French fort (1906). The arrival of the French spelled an end for precolonial states like the Sultanate of Damagaram which carried on only as ceremonial "chiefs" appointed by the colonial government.
French West Africa in 1949