Niger - November 2025

On 21 November, Niger’s Interior Ministry ordered hundreds of national and international NGOs to suspend activities for allegedly failing to publish their 2024 financial statements, authorising only around 100 of more than 4,000 organisations to continue operating. According to the authorities, only those organisations had complied with the requirement to publish their financial statements in the official gazette, while the rest were deemed non-compliant and given 60 days to regularise their status. Authorities said the move followed new oversight measures announced in January and forms part of efforts to monitor and supervise NGOs, which the junta has repeatedly accused of lacking transparency and even supporting jihadist groups. CIVICUS said the mass suspensions marked a new low for civic space and were intended to silence organisations defending human rights and good governance. The decision deepened a year-long tightening of state control over civil society, including prior bans and the creation of a new committee to align NGO programmes with government priorities.

Sources: Sahelian, West Africa Weekly, Jeune Afrique, CIVICUS, Barron’s