Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force (Force Aerienne du Niger); Ministry of Interior: Niger Gendarmerie (GN), Niger National Guard (GNN) (2019) Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military...
Swift measures were taken from then on. Between the 13 and 17 of March, Niger’s international airports were closed and land borders shut, and it was recommended to avoid large gatherings. On 19 March, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini was in the middle of a consultation meeting with religious le...
Nigerien minister of state for defense Lieutenant General Salifou Modi joined Russian deputy minister of defense Colonel General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in signing an agreement on December 4, 2023 providing for the deployment of Russia’s new GRU-directed Africa Corps in Niger (Izvestia, March ...
On October 4, four members of U.S. Special Operations Forces were killed and two wounded in an attack near the town of Tongo Tongo in western Niger (Figure 1, below). The Defense Department (DOD) has stated that the U.S. servicemembers were "conducting an advise and assist mission" to...
Niger is a small nation, typical of the interior of the West African Sahel. By any measure it is among the world’s poorest economies, due in part to its location, nearly a thousand miles from a sea-port, off any of modern West Africa’s major trade and transportation routes, and to...
one of Niger’s most important neighbors. Niger relies heavily on imports of basic commodities from Nigeria including electricity. Mamadou held this post from 1988 to 1990, at which time he was appointed Minister of the Interior. He remained in this role until 1991 when Seybou dismantled the ...
The article reports on the move of Niger Justice Movement (NJM), a faction of the Toureg rebellion in Niger, in surrendering their weapons during a ceremony near Arlit in which the Interior Minister and President's chief of staff are present. MNJ president Aghali Ag Alambo has expressed his...
Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi said earlier in July that the number of foreign nationals currently in Libya is around 2.5 million, most of whom crossed the Libyan borders without entry visas.■ Migrants wait at the Deportation Office of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department...
In France decentralization of the government was part of the socialist platform for the 1981 presidential election. The issue was immediately put on the agenda by the minister in charge of "interior and decentralization." The law was pub... ND Montricher - 《Governance》 被引量: 14发表: 1995...
With 196 out of a total 266 constituencies counted, provisional results showed former interior minister Bazoum ahead of his challenger, former president Mahamane Ousmane, with nearly 52.9% of the vote. The run-off vote, meant to usher in Niger's first transition of power from...