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Sahel: Niger looking for alternative partners to France and the west

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Posted On 16 January 2024

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A major Nigerian delegation traveled to Moscow on Monday, 15 January 2024, in a tour that will visit Serbia, Turkey and Iran, in a bid to distant Niger from France and help it gain new partners.

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