Last week the country defaulted on a debt of 13,4 billion CFA francs ($22 million), the West African debt management agency said, bringing the total default to about $519 million since the July coup and its suspension from regional financial markets

An urgent vaccination campaign against meningitis was launched in Niamey; according to WHO, the country has recorded 2.012 cases and 123 deaths by mid-April

The country organised its first Digital Week in Niamey, a national meeting bringing together experts and actors from the digital world, around the theme 'digital and sovereignty' with more than 4.000 participants from 15 countries

Military authorities again claimed that the now-broken military agreements that existed between Niger and the United States were a deception, claiming that the country gained nothing from US military bases in the country

Niger judicial authorities have ordered the release of Abdourahamane Ben Hamaye, a journalist and aide to former President Mohamed Bazoum, and Mohamed Mbarek, a cousin of the former president's wife accused of conspiracy against state authority