The Nigerien-Ivorian journalist had been sentenced in Niger to two years in prison in November 2025 in a case of "destabilization" in neighbouring Burkina Faso.
The Nigerien-Ivorian journalist had been sentenced in Niger to two years in prison in November 2025 in a case of "destabilization" in neighbouring Burkina Faso.
In Niger, journalist Serge Mathurin Adou was released on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, after two years in prison. He had been convicted of endangering state security following accusations of conspiracy from neighboring Burkina Faso. After a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso, Niger's Sahelian ally claimed that Serge Mathurin Adou was involved in a destabilization attempt coordinated by former president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, with the help of …