Niger Regains Control of Airbase Amid Mutiny, Protests Over Migrant Camps
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Niger says it regains control of airbase after soldiers mutiny By Reuters Item 1 of 6 A view of an empty street following a mutineers' attack on the airport and the presidency in Niamey, Niger, August 29, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
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Washington TimesNIAMEY, Niger — A group of soldiers in Niger rebelled against officers at a key military base and fired at sensitive locations in the capital, Niamey, in an apparent mutiny and threat to the country’s struggling junta, authorities said Saturday.
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Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave.
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BBC NewsPublished A month after tens of thousands of migrants entered the city of Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa, there have been outbreaks of violence as tensions mount between locals and foreign arrivals.
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On Thursday, several dozen locals prevented Red Cross personnel from distributing food and water to the migrants. Afterwards, some set fire to migrant camps on Trampolín beach, the main site where they have been sleeping, and there were also clashes with the police.
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Washington ExaminerProtesters also turned their ire against the Red Cross, which has been assisting the migrants. They attempted to stop Red Cross vehicles from reaching migrants on the beach and have been demanding the aid group depart the area.
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The polling comes amid heightened tensions in the Spanish exclave, with some residents of the city launching vigilante-style efforts on Thursday to break up the migrant camps on the Trampolín beach, where thousands of illegals have created ramshackle tent shelters out of reeds and garbage.
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Washington ExaminerTensions boiled over this week when crowds of Spanish locals began protesting, then rioting, over the migrant camps, while migrants began attacking police. The enclave’s small police force was quickly overwhelmed and unable to bring the protesters or migrants under control.
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The socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been trashed by the opposition over the crisis, who accuse them of failing to act. Ceuta’s government has joined this chorus of criticism — Ceuta finance councilor Kissy Chandiramani told Spanish radio SER that there’s been “no response” from Madrid one month in, adding that residents “feel abandoned.”
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BreitbartThe socialist government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has so far failed to adequately address the continuing migrant crisis in Ceuta, according to over eight in ten voters.
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01 Reuters [1/6]A view of an empty street following a mutineers' attack on the airport and the presidency in Niamey, Niger, August 29, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
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02 BBC News The Spanish government has been accused by opposition parties of struggling to manage the crisis effectively.
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03 Washington Examiner Footage of the mass of migrants storming the territory of just 84,000 people sparked a national crisis, and Madrid’s socialist government has struggled to contain it. The vast majority of the migrants left soon after arriving, upon finding a lack of transportation to Europe and a lack of accommodations, but thousands remain. Madrid claims 7,000 still remain, while Ceuta officials put the number closer to 10,000.
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04 Breitbart A Sigma Dos survey of over 2,100 voters for Madrid’s El Mundo newspaper has found that 82.2 per cent believe the Sánchez government “has not done enough” following the mass invasion of over 70,000 illegals into the small Spanish exclave of Ceuta in North Africa last month.
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05 Washington Times Sustained gunfire and explosions were heard overnight into Saturday, including at Niamey’s main airport that houses the military air base and in a district where the presidential palace is located. Security forces were deployed to key locations.
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