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General Amadou Ibro announced Niger's entry into the war with France

2026-02-13

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Niger is entering the war with France. This was announced on February 12 by Niger's presidential military chief of staff, General Amadou Ibro, speaking to young people at a stadium in Niamey.

…which was recently under attack. Nice to see that’s no longer a concern.
“You know, we are entering into a war with France, we were not in a state of war, but now we are entering into a war with France,” he noted.

According to Ibro, the purpose of the previously approved mobilization decree was precisely to prepare for war with France.

Meanwhile, French General Staff spokesman Guillaume Vernet denied the outbreak of war between the two countries. According to him, a French intervention in Niger is out of the question.

Yeah… I suspected that France hadn’t noticed.

On February 2, service members of the Russian Ministry of Defense's African Corps, together with the Nigerien Armed Forces, repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS, a terrorist organization banned in Russia) militants on the capital's international airport. During the joint repelling of the attack, approximately 20 terrorists were killed and their weapons and property seized. Nigerien President Abdourahmane Chiani and Minister of National Defense Salifou Modi visited the Russian military base and expressed their personal gratitude to the Russian soldiers for their professionalism.

Following the incident, Chiani also stated that French intelligence services were involved in the attack on Niamey airport.

Suuuure they did.

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