The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is continuing its humanitarian operation in Niger despite the military coup and is committed to further providing the necessary assistance to the people most affected by the recent events, Mutsa Mugangavari, the deputy head of the ICRC regional delegation in Southern Africa, told Sputnik

France will start evacuating its citizens and other European nationals from Niger on August 1, the country's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after protests near the French embassy in Niamey

UN refugee agency spokesman Boris Cheshirkov called on Friday for joint international action to put an end to the decade-long Sahel armed conflict which has forced over 2.5 million people to flee their homes

The France-led counterterrorism mission Barkhane in the African region of Sahel has eliminated a leader of the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS, affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, banned in Russia) in Niger, the French Defense Ministry said on Tuesday

The United States has designated Niger's national Ousmane Illiassou Djibo for his leading role in the Islamic State (banned in Russia) terrorist group operating in the Greater Sahara, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in a statement on Monday