NIGER COUP PROMPTS CONCERN IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ALREADY LACKING FUNDS AND PERSONNEL
August 26th, 2023
Higher education leaders in Niger have raised concerns about how last week’s (July 26) military coup my home and already fragile higher education system in this Francophone Sahel country.
As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) considers force to restore the democratically elected government of President Mohamed Bazoum, elected in April 2021 in the country’s first peaceful transfer of power, students and academics have warned of potential disarray in Niger universities.
Moctar Saïdou, press secretary for the Union of Nigerien students ...
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