The NBA is a regional cooperation body focused on developing the Niger Basin in areas such as water resources, agriculture, and energy.
Niamey has launched a mosquito control campaign to reduce the propagation of mosquitoes, the primary malaria vectors.
After removing forces and equipment from Air Base 101, the United States will focus on withdrawing from Air Base 201 in Agadez City.
The military junta in Niger has expelled several members of the European civilian reconstruction mission EUCAP Sahel Niger from the country.
A military coup in July 2023 and the ensuing political instability have further exacerbated their plight.
The federal government has received 108 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Niger Republic.
Mr Abubakar, accompanied by the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, said the bloc would continue to explore all options.
Mr Bazoum’s fate remains in the hands of his nemesis, his presidential guards-turned-coupists, who overthrew his government on July 26.
The Nigerian president cannot initiate unconstitutional orders in a constitutional era and creation.
“I was not sent by the government…, but it was my personal initiative, using my personal contacts to get there…It is my duty as a leader to do that.”
