The failure of the Alliance of Sahel States to mobilise during the late August mutiny against General Abdourahamane Tiani has exposed deep operational flaws in the regional bloc.
Ten days after the mutiny that shook Abdourahamane Tiani's junta, several officers of the Nigerien Special Forces are under investigation. Jeune Afrique reveals their identities and reconstructs the sequence of events of the coup.
While Niger was facing an attempted coup d'état during the night of August 29-30, initiated by a mutiny within its army, Algeria deployed four fighter jets and a fuel tanker to support its struggling neighbor. By thus breaking with its […].
The article ALGERIA-NIGER: Priority to Preserving Mutual Interests first appeared on Afrique Education.