Africa

Coup leaders close Niger's airspace and accuse neighbors of planning an invasion

7:22am August 07, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ambassador J. Peter Pham, former U.S. special envoy for the Sahel region in Africa, about the next steps for Niger as a military junta holds on to power following a coup.

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Diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup in Niger leave the region on edge

7:22am August 07, 2023

A Sunday deadline imposed on the junta in Niger to relinquish power or face military action by a 15-member block of West African nations has expired. What comes next?

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

6:47am August 07, 2023

Donald Trump's attorneys near deadline to respond to a request by prosecutors for a protective order. Coup leaders close Niger's airspace. Ukraine calls summit on ending war with Russia "productive."

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Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023.

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Niger's junta shuts airspace as the deadline passes to restore the ousted president

4:11am August 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Regional tensions have mounted since mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's democratically elected president nearly two weeks ago and installing the leader of the presidential guard as head of state.

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U.S.-Russia tensions are playing out in Niger in the wake of its military coup

11:53am August 06, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to Wassim Nsar, a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center, about the coup in Niger and how tensions between the U.S. and Russia are playing out in West Africa.

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Women's World Cup update: Morocco in, Germany out

5:16pm August 03, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Alicia DelGallo, a senior editor at USA Today Sports, about the surprise elimination of Germany from the Women's World Cup as Morocco's dream run continues.

French soldiers assist mostly French nationals in a bus waiting to be airlifted back to France on a French military aircraft, at the international Airport in Niamey, Niger, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

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Foreign nationals are evacuating Niger as regional tensions rise

4:24am August 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

France, Italy and Spain announced evacuations for their citizens and other Europeans. The U.S. has yet to announce evacuation plans for Americans but some have left the with the help of the Europeans.

Kenya proposes to lead a multinational force into violence-torn Haiti

5:01am August 01, 2023

NPR's A Martinez talks to the Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles about Kenya's offer to send a thousand police officers to Haiti to lead a multinational effort to support Haitian police.

U.S., France and African leaders give coup leaders in Niger one week to step down

4:56pm July 31, 2023

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

African leaders backed by the U.S. and France have given a week for coup leaders in Niger to step down and restore the democratically elected president.

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Local residents inspect a crater left after a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, July 29.

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine's counteroffensive makes some gains

11:34am July 31, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.