Niamey, Niger, Nov 20, 2025 (AFP) - Niger suspends hundreds of NGOs in latest crackdown

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2025-11-21
Niger has suspended hundreds of national and international rights groups and aid agencies, in the ruling junta's latest crackdown targeting NGOs in the west African country, authorities told AFP Thursday. Since taking power following a July 2023 coup, General Abdourahamane Tiani has regularly accused NGOs of lacking transparency and of supporting the jihadists waging a long-running insurgency in the Sahel nation. In late January, Interior Ministe......
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