(2023-08-21). What's happening in Niger is far from a typical coup. By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com 
The recent wave of coups in West Africa must be understood in the context of widespread discontent with the ruling elites and their collaboration with imperialism On July 26, 2023, Niger's presidential guard moved against the sitting president—Mohamed Bazoum—and conducted a coup d'état. A brief contest among the various armed forces in the country ended with all the branches agreeing to the removal of Bazoum and the creation of a military junta le …
(2023-08-21). What's Happening in Niger Is Far from a Typical Coup. transcend.org 16 Aug 2023 – Rather than send troops in response to the coup, France and the U.S. seem to favor a "Rwanda" type solution applied in Mozambique earlier this year. Only this time ECOWAS would apply force.
(2023-08-21). How the US and France Created a Niger Mess for Themselves. transcend.org 19 Aug 2023 – Neo-colonial powers have become entangled in a diplomatic and military impasse borne from a fundamental lack of understanding.
(2023-08-21). Junta militar de Níger se declara abierta al diálogo. telesurtv.net Tiani aseguró que mientras que se respeten las aspiraciones de los nigerinos está de acuerdo en dialogar…
(2023-08-20). Niger is Far From a Typical Coup. scheerpost.com 
(2023-08-20). Pope Francis calls for peace in Niger. plenglish.com Vatican City Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis said that he is following with dismay the events in Niger, and referred to the need to put an end to the conflict in that African country.
(2023-08-20). Niger Junta Holds Talks With ECOWAS Delegation. news.antiwar.com A delegation representing the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) traveled to Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday to meet with the military junta that deposed Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 26 coup. A source told The Associated Press that the two-hour discussion yielded no progress as the two sides remain far apart …
(2023-08-20). "Divide and Rule": Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni Is Biden's "Political Asset". U.S. Behind Niger Coup d'Etat. America's Hegemonic Wars Against Europe and Africa. globalresearch.ca Let us be under no illusions, The architects of the coup "against the democratically elected government of Mr Bazoum" were acting on behalf and in coordination with Washington. Niger "Regime Change" on Behalf of Uncle Sam. "Paris Out of Africa"
(2023-08-20). Ecowas Meets Niger Deposed President and Military Junta Leader. telesurenglish.net A delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) met on Saturday with Niger's deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, and the leader of the military junta, Abdourahamane Tchiani. | RELATED: | The spokesman of the Nigerien Presidency, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, reported on social networks that the Ecowas special envoys have returned to Niamey, Niger's capital, to continue their dialogue with the leaders of the country's mil…
(2023-08-20). As Senegal Organizes Troops To Invade Niger, Violence Mars Order At Home. popularresistance.org Senegal began "regrouping" its forces in the region of Thiès at the start of this week after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the activation of a standby force for a potential military intervention in Niger. | The bloc's chiefs of defense staff concluded another two-day meeting in Ghana on August 18 on the deployment of military force as part of ECOWAS' response to the July 26 military coup in Niger. ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Abdel-Fatau Musah stated during Friday's closing ceremony that the "D-Day" for the intervention had been decided: "We are re…
(2023-08-20). Líder militar denuncia que preparan un ataque contra Níger. telesurtv.net El líder de la junta militar de Níger calificó de ilegales e inhumanas las sanciones impuestas por la Cedeao contra el país.
(2023-08-20). Junta militar de Níger se declara abierta al diálogo. telesurtv.net Tiani aseguró que mientras que se respeten las aspiraciones de los nigerinos está de acuerdo en dialogar…
(2023-08-20). Cedeao fija fecha para intervenir militarmente en Níger. telesurtv.net La Cedeao aclaró que se vio en la necesidad de usar la opción militar debido a la supuesta intransigencia de la junta militar que mantiene el poder en Níger.
(2023-08-20). Cedeao envía misión diplomática a Níger tras golpe militar. telesurtv.net Esta jornada arribó la delegación diplomática encabezada por el ex presidente de Nigeria, Abdulsalami Abubakar.
(2023-08-20). Delegación de Cedeao se reúne con derrocado presidente de Níger. telesurtv.net El grupo arribó este sábado a Niamey para dialogar con la junta golpista sobre la urgencia de restablecer por vía política el orden constitucional.
(2023-08-18). African Union Will Not Back ECOWAS Intervention in Niger. scheerpost.com 
(2023-08-18). US Considers Ways to Keep Its Military Presence in Niger. scheerpost.com 
(2023-08-18). France Reports US Backstabbed It During Nuland's Trip To Niger. popularresistance.org French newspaper Le Figaro cited an unnamed diplomatic source over the weekend who alleged that the US backstabbed France during Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland's trip to Niger. The piece is paywalled but was summarized here. France reportedly fears that the US might tacitly recognize Niger's interim military-led government in exchange for being allowed to retain its bases. Should that happen, then the US would proactively replace France's security role in the Sahel before Russia/Wagner has a chance to. | This concern is predicated on rational calculations.
(2023-08-18). Regional Bloc's Niger Dilemma: What Russian Officials and Experts Say! globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-18). Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads Across West Africa. popularresistance.org Niger has remained defiant in the face of repeated threats by French and United States instigated efforts to stage an invasion of the uranium-rich West African state. | On August 6, tens of thousands of Nigeriens rallied in the capital of Niamey in support of the now ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), which came to power on July 26, overthrowing the western-backed President Mohamed Bazoum. | Federal Republic of Nigeria President Bola Tinubu, whose recent election was shrouded in controversy, has been the subject of fierce criticism inside the country and within the entire West Afric…
(2023-08-18). France Reports US Backstabbed It During Nuland's Trip To Niger. popularresistance.org French newspaper Le Figaro cited an unnamed diplomatic source over the weekend who alleged that the US backstabbed France during Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland's trip to Niger. The piece is paywalled but was summarized here. France reportedly fears that the US might tacitly recognize Niger's interim military-led government in exchange for being allowed to retain its bases. Should that happen, then the US would proactively replace France's security role in the Sahel before Russia/Wagner has a chance to. | This concern is predicated on rational calculations.
(2023-08-18). Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads Across West Africa. popularresistance.org Niger has remained defiant in the face of repeated threats by French and United States instigated efforts to stage an invasion of the uranium-rich West African state. | On August 6, tens of thousands of Nigeriens rallied in the capital of Niamey in support of the now ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), which came to power on July 26, overthrowing the western-backed President Mohamed Bazoum. | Federal Republic of Nigeria President Bola Tinubu, whose recent election was shrouded in controversy, has been the subject of fierce criticism inside the country and within the entire West Afric…
(2023-08-17). What's happening in Niger is far from a typical coup. mronline.org 
The recent wave of coups in West Africa must be understood in the context of widespread discontent with the ruling elites and their collaboration with imperialism.
(2023-08-17). Hands off Niger — UNAC Statement. wibailoutpeople.org 
8/10/23 | The recent popularly-supported coup in Niger is a blow against France and other Western Imperialist nations. In response, France and the U.S., along with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have threatened to invade Niger to re-install the former compliant government of Mohamed Bazoum. Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, all former French colonies, have stated that they will defend the new government in Niger. French imperialism is being expelled from Africa. Africa and the entire world will be better off for it. | Europe and the U.S. have drained the African continent of its wealth, b…
(2023-08-17). French troops ordered out of Niger. wsws.org France has already been forced to withdraw 2,400 soldiers from Mali and 400 from Burkina Faso following military coups in May 2021 and September 2022, drastically reducing its military presence in its former colonial territories.
(2023-08-17). ECOWAS Says Most West African States Ready to Join Niger Intervention Force. news.antiwar.com The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said Thursday that most West African nations are prepared to join a standby force that might intervene in Niger to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum, who was deposed in a July 26 coup. According to Al Jazeera, ECOWAS commissioner Abdel-Fatau Musah said all ECOWAS members except Cape Verde …
(2023-08-17). Can Poorer Nations Break the Cycle of Dependency That Has Inflicted Grief for a Hundred Years? libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental Institute for Social Research In February 1966, Nkrumah was removed from office by a coup d'état encouraged by the US. That is the price to be paid for revealing the neo-colonial structure of the world and fighting for structural transformation. It is a price that the West wants to inflict on the people of Niger, who…
(2023-08-17). Selected Articles: The US Is Caught in a Dilemma with Niger. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca 
By This time, Nuland was in the African country to respond to the July 26 military coup, which saw the ouster of the …
(2023-08-17). Headlines for August 17, 2023. democracynow.org Hawaii Officials Defend Response to Wildfires; Gov. Calls for Moratorium on Lahaina Land Purchases, Yellowknife Orders Evacuation of 20,000 Residents as Record Wildfires Continue to Devastate Canada, Appeals Court Backs Restrictions on Abortion Pill, Sending Case to Supreme Court, 60 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Near Cape Verde, ECOWAS Military Chiefs Meet over Niger Coup Amid Mounting Humanitarian Concerns, Libya Fighting Kills 55 People, U.N. Warns of "Spiralling" Humanitarian Situation in Sudan as Army Leader Says Talks Needed, NATO Official Apologizes for Saying Ukraine Could Give Up Territory in Ex…
(2023-08-17). Niger And The 'New World Order'. popularresistance.org How shall we understand the July 26th coup in Niger, in which military officers ousted Mohamed Bazoum, the nation's Western-tilted president? It is the sixth putsch of this kind in or next to the Sahel in the past four years. Shall we write off this band across sub—Saharan Africa as coup country and trouble no more about it? The thought is implicit in a lot of the media coverage, but how often do our media dedicate themselves to enhancing our understanding of global events and how often to cultivating our ignorance of them? | Do not take this latest development in Africa as an isolated event, if I may offer…
(2023-08-17). Ambush Leaves 17 Soldiers Killed in Niger. telesurenglish.net The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will hold a meeting of its Chiefs of Staff in Accra, Ghana, to address the details of a possible multinational military deployment in Niger, in order to depose the coup junta. | This terrorist attack occurred on the eve of a meeting between military leaders of countries in Niger's geographical vicinity. Aug. 17, 2023.
(2023-08-17). "Divide and Rule": Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni Is Biden's "Political Asset". U.S. Behind Niger Coup d'Etat. America's Hegemonic Wars Against Europe and Africa. globalresearch.ca Let us be under no illusions, The architects of the coup "against the democratically elected government of Mr Bazoum" were acting on behalf and in coordination with Washington. Niger "Regime Change" on Behalf of Uncle Sam. "Paris Out of Africa"
(2023-08-17). Lo que está ocurriendo en Níger no es un típico Golpe. peoplesdispatch.org La reciente oleada de golpes de Estado en àÅfrica Occidental debe entenderse en el contexto del descontento generalizado con las élites gobernantes y su colaboración con el imperialismo.
(2023-08-17). Emboscada terrorista deja unos 17 militares muertos en Níger. telesurtv.net Se estima que más de 100 terroristas fueron neutralizados, al ser destruidos dos convoyes de más de 50 motos cada uno.
(2023-08-17). La Unión Africana no respaldará la intervención de la CEDEAO en Níger. peoplesdispatch.org El popular gobierno militar de Níger ha ido consolidando su apoyo nacional y regional. Mientras tanto, la CEDEAO se ve acosada por la desunión y la oposición interna tras amenazar con una intervención militar para restaurar al derrocado Mohamed Bazoum con el respaldo de Francia y EE.UU.
(2023-08-17). Cedeao activa una fuerza para restablecer el orden en Níger. telesurtv.net El Consejo de Paz y Seguridad de la Unión Africana ha rechazado cualquier posibilidad de intervención militar en Níger tras una reunión celebrada este lunes.
(2023-08-17). Hands off Niger — UNAC Statement. wibailoutpeople.org 8/10/23 | The recent popularly-supported coup in Niger is a blow against France and other Western Imperialist nations. In response, France and the U.S., along with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), have threatened to invade Niger to re-install the former compliant government of Mohamed Bazoum. Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, all former French colonies, have stated that they will defend the new government in Niger. French imperialism is being expelled from Africa. Africa and the entire world will be better off for it. | Europe and the U.S. have drained the African continent of its wealth, b…
(2023-08-17). Niger And The 'New World Order'. popularresistance.org How shall we understand the July 26th coup in Niger, in which military officers ousted Mohamed Bazoum, the nation's Western-tilted president? It is the sixth putsch of this kind in or next to the Sahel in the past four years. Shall we write off this band across sub—Saharan Africa as coup country and trouble no more about it? The thought is implicit in a lot of the media coverage, but how often do our media dedicate themselves to enhancing our understanding of global events and how often to cultivating our ignorance of them? | Do not take this latest development in Africa as an isolated event, if I may offer…
(2023-08-17). Ambush Leaves 17 Soldiers Killed in Niger. telesurenglish.net The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will hold a meeting of its Chiefs of Staff in Accra, Ghana, to address the details of a possible multinational military deployment in Niger, in order to depose the coup junta. | This terrorist attack occurred on the eve of a meeting between military leaders of countries in Niger's geographical vicinity. Aug. 17, 2023.