Niger has broken off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States, the West African country’s military government announced on Saturday (16 March), adding that the US military presence in the territory is no longer justified. The declaration read by the ruling junta’s spokesman Colonel Amadou Abdramane came just a day after […]
At least 30 people were killed by a dozen assailants on motorcycles in an attack on two villages in northwestern Nigeria, security sources said. “The bandits killed 21 people in Tsauwa and another nine in nearby Dankar,” said Gambo Isah, spokesman for the Katsina police. “Most of those killed are elderly and children who […]
Russian Foreign Ministry Monday offered its mediation to help Gulf rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran end diplomatic spat caused by Riyadh’s execution of Saudi Shia cleric followed by assaults on two Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic missions in Iran. “We ask… Tehran, Riyadh and other Gulf countries to show restraint,” the ministry said in a statement before […]
