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Bazoum keeps Issoufou's securocrats on board

Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum. © Ian Langsdon/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The new president has retained his predecessor's top three intelligence chiefs. [...]

Published on 05/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdrahamane Tchiani
Alkache Alhada
Ayouba Abdourahamane
Chekou Kore Lawel
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DGDSE
DGSE
Ecole de guerre
Mahamadou Issoufou
Mahamane Ousmane
Mohamed Bazoum
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Sani Saley Gouroura

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum sets off on a month of globetrotting

The month of December for Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum promises to be a hectic one.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.12.2021

Sahel
Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

A few months after FACT rebels' abortive assault on N'Djamena, the military staffs of Chad and Niger, which the episode pitted against each other, have begun discreet talks about conducting joint air reconnaissance and perhaps even air strikes.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.06.2021

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

The president is putting the final touches to a major diplomatic reshuffle that will affect Paris, Washington, and Unesco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2021

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CNPC silently prepares massive battle plan for Agadem crude exportation

The Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped the Chinese major from rolling up its sleeves and getting ready to start Nigerien crude oil exports as soon as possible.

Subscribers only Energy 03.02.2021

Niger
Presidential election: Bazoum and Ousmane prepare the final battle

With the second round of the presidential election due on 21 February, the two remaining candidates, Mohamed Bazoum and Mahamane Ousmane, are working hard behind the scenes to forge the alliances they need to win.

Subscribers only Politics 08.01.2021

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

With barely a fortnight to go to the first round of voting on 27 December, Mahamadou Issoufou's designated successor, Mohamed Bazoum, is set to stage a series of major rallies in several key regions, some of them under opposition control.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2020

The Nigerien presidential candidate and former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum.

France, Niger
Alkache Alhada, the new interior minister with socialist credentials

Alkache Alhada, who has taken over from Mohamed Bazoum at the strategically important Nigerien interior ministry, is on very good terms with President Mahamadou Issoufou. He also has longstanding links with the "Mr Africa" of the French socialist party, Guy Labertit, and the former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo.

Subscribers only Politics 03.07.2020

New Nigerien interior minister Alkache Alhada.

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Chekou Kore Lawel
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Mahamadou Issoufou
Mahamane Ousmane
Mohamed Bazoum
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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Niger
Bazoum keeps Issoufou's securocrats on board

Niger
Mohamed Bazoum sets off on a month of globetrotting

Sahel
Bazoum and 'Kaka' plan common aerial front against rebels

Niger
Bazoum set to make key ambassadorial appointments

Spotlight | Benin, Niger
CNPC silently prepares massive battle plan for Agadem crude exportation

Niger
Presidential election: Bazoum and Ousmane prepare the final battle

Niger
Bazoum faces tense final stretch in presidential race

France, Niger
Alkache Alhada, the new interior minister with socialist credentials