General Abdourahamane Tiani, who seized power in a 2023 coup, implicated President Emmanuel Macron and his Beninese and Ivorian counterparts, Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday, accusing the three countries of having “sponsored” the large-scale assault, which occurred late Wednesday, against a military base, [**Al Jazeera**](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/29/niger-military-govt-says-france-benin-ivory-coast-behind-airport-attack)[ reports](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/29/niger-military-govt-says-france-benin-ivory-coast-behind-airport-attack) . The general nevertheless “provided no evidence to support these claims”, the Qatari channel notes. State television RTN reports that a French national was among the attackers killed. “Several analysts believe that a jihadist attack remains”, however, “the most likely hypothesis, given the high threat level linked to armed groups active around the Nigerien capital”. [Deutsche **Welle** points out](https://www.dw.com/fr/niger-aeroport-niamey-echanges-tirs-uranium-aes/a-75709887) that Niamey airport “occupies a highly sensitive position .” It “houses an air force base, a drone base, and the headquarters of the joint Niger-Burkinabe-Malian force, created to fight jihadist groups in the region”.
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I blame the Europeans and kick them out -> I bring in the Russians -> the Russians loot my country and commit war crimes for fun -> the terrorists grow ever stronger -> I blame the Europeans and kick them out
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General Abdourahamane Tiani, who seized power in a 2023 coup, implicated President Emmanuel Macron and his Beninese and Ivorian counterparts, Patrice Talon and Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday, accusing the three countries of having “sponsored” the large-scale assault, which occurred late Wednesday, against a military base, [**Al Jazeera**](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/29/niger-military-govt-says-france-benin-ivory-coast-behind-airport-attack)[ reports](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/29/niger-military-govt-says-france-benin-ivory-coast-behind-airport-attack) . The general nevertheless “provided no evidence to support these claims”, the Qatari channel notes. State television RTN reports that a French national was among the attackers killed. “Several analysts believe that a jihadist attack remains”, however, “the most likely hypothesis, given the high threat level linked to armed groups active around the Nigerien capital”. [Deutsche **Welle** points out](https://www.dw.com/fr/niger-aeroport-niamey-echanges-tirs-uranium-aes/a-75709887) that Niamey airport “occupies a highly sensitive position .” It “houses an air force base, a drone base, and the headquarters of the joint Niger-Burkinabe-Malian force, created to fight jihadist groups in the region”.
I blame the Europeans and kick them out -> I bring in the Russians -> the Russians loot my country and commit war crimes for fun -> the terrorists grow ever stronger -> I blame the Europeans and kick them out