Niger has freed an editor-in-chief arrested after his TV news channel aired a programme critical of the ruling junta, the broadcaster told AFP on Monday. The editor-in-chief of private broadcaster Canal 3 TV, Seyni Amadou, was arrested on Saturday, in the latest crackdown on the press since the military took power in a 2023 coup. His detention came a day …

The Niger junta has ordered its armed forces to go on the highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack. This was according to an internal document issued by its defence chief on Friday that a security source in the country confirmed was authentic. According to Reuters, the document, which was shared online on Saturday, said the order to be …

The leader of the junta who seized power in the Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani said on Saturday that his country does not want war, but would be ready to defend itself if necessary. “Neither the army nor the people of Niger want war, but we will resist any manifestation of it”, Tchiani was quoted as saying by Al Jazeera …