[Agenzia Fides] Niamey -- Pierluigi Maccalli, who was held hostage for more than two years by Salafist-inspired groups, has returned to Niger, the place of his kidnapping, to spend a few days (see Fides, 7/10/2024). This return coincides with the same date on which his captivity began in the savannah of Burkina Faso and then in the immense Sahara desert. A beginning and an en
[HRW] On October 10, Niger's junta leader, Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani, signed a decree provisionally removing Nigerien nationality from nine people linked to former President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in July 2023 and remains wrongfully detained. The decree is based upon an earlier order establishing a database of people suspected of terrorism.
[Agenzia Fides] Bomoanga -- "The thread of my presence in Niger (of 11 uninterrupted years) was broken on September 17, 2018 with the kidnapping. Exactly six years later, I have finally returned to Niger", begins the moving report of Father Pier Luigi Maccalli, priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), about his visit to Niger for the ordination of three priests from the parish of Bomoanga, from where he was kidnapped on September 17, 2018 (see Fides, 18/9/2018).
[Afropop] Here's a shout-out to our listeners on KUNM-FM in Albuquerque and on stations throughout the great state of New Mexico. We know you're psyched for the annual Globalquerque! music festival this weekend in Albuquerque (Sept. 26-28). Featured will be Etran De L'Air, a seriously rocking Tuareg band from Niger we just saw last week at Brooklyn Bowl (half stage, half bowling alley, all fun!).