"We must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism"

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Massoudou Hassoumi, the current Nigerien Minister of Foreign Affairs, in 2016. © ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP

By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow

6 mins

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Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahelian chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism.

This is the message that the government of Niger sends to its partners, in the aftermath of the upheavals in Chad and Mali.

Nigerien Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris.

At the microphone of Chistophe Boisbouvier, he reacts to everything that shakes up the Sahel.

He also speaks on Joe Biden's United States and Emmanuel Macron's France. 

  • Africa

  • Sahel

  • Niger

  • G5 Sahel

  • Mali

  • Terrorism