REFLEXIVE PEACE PRACTICE (RPP) PROJECT

Niger's week of 21–25 September 2026 was defined less by frontline violence than by governance and human-rights developments. The junta stripped five more exiled critics of their Nigerien nationality, bringing the cumulative total to 25 since 2024, drawing condemnation from the opposition coalition G25-Niger and scrutiny from Human Rights Watch. The week closed with Niger formally rejecting key UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations on arbitrary detention and accountability, reinforcing a pattern of civic-space contraction even as the jihadist threat in Tillabéri and Dosso persisted at a relatively lower tempo than the previous week.