NIGER: Country promises to respect International Criminal Court commitments as more Gaddafi allies enter the country
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234765
NIGER: Country promises to respect International Criminal Court commitments as more Gaddafi allies enter the country
- Title: NIGER: Country promises to respect International Criminal Court commitments as more Gaddafi allies enter the country
- Date: 10th September 2011
- Summary: AGADEZ, NIGER (SEPTEMBER 9, 2011) (REUTERS) SUN COMING UP ROAD IN FRONT OF HOTEL, SOLDIERS IN PICK-UP TRUCK SIGN READING ETOILE DU TENERE / HOTEL EXTERIOR VARIOUS OF WHITE CAR COMING INTO THE THE COURTYARD AT THE BACK OF THE HOTEL AND LEAVING AGAIN STREET SCENES / MORE OF CARS ON ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Tamashek) TAXI DRIVER, ISSA BAGOBIRI, SAYING: "They should start searching these people from the border. Our authorities should pay attention with these people. We should know everything about them even before they get in. We must impose on them to respect our laws. We've had to endure many things in their country, they humiliated us. It's up to our authorities to ensure the security of our country. We should forbid them to enter our country with illegal things like arms, people's money. We should stop all that." CARS ON AN AGADEZ ROAD, SOLDIER SITTING IN PICK-UP TRUCK AGADEZ, NIGER (SEPTEMBER 8, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIER ON MOTORBIKE / PEOPLE IN STREET ARMY PICK-UP IN STREET VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS ON MOTORBIKE AND MORE OF ARMY PICK-UP IN TRAFFIC
- Embargoed: 25th September 2011 13:00
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- Location: Niger, Niger
- Country: Niger
- Topics: International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVADBLT2RZIMCXZTSHOQAAR4Q14I
- Story Text: A new group of 14 officials allied to Muammar Gaddafi including General Ali Kana, a Tuareg who was in charge of Gaddafi's southern troops, are in Niger's northern city of Agadez, Niger security sources told Reuters on Friday (September 9).
An aide close to the Nigerien president said the group included three generals. A local administrator said one of the others was Ali Sharif al-Rifi, Gaddafi's commanding officer of the Libyan air force.
The four top officials were staying at the Etoile du Tenere hotel, a relatively luxurious hotel in the outskirt of the town, said to be owned by Gaddafi, and the place where the Libyan leader stayed during a Muslim holiday in 2007.
According to a source in Agadez, the group had been accompanied by Nigerien security forces.
A Reuters cameraman said local officials of the Agadez region including the chief of police, the chief of the gendarmery and the head of intelligence were seen entering the hotel to meet the senior officials from Libya.
Ordinary people in Agadez are worried about reports their country is becoming a haven for Libya's fugitives.
"They should start searching these people from the border. Our authorities should pay attention with these people. We should know everything about them even before they get in. We must impose to them that they respect our laws. We've had to endure many things in their country, they humiliated us. It's up to our authorities to ensure the security of our country. We should forbid them to enter the our country with illegal things like arms, people's money. We should stop all that," said taxi driver Issa Bagobiri.
The arrival of the group follows that of the head of Gaddafi's security brigades, Mansour Dhao, who crossed into Niger in a convoy on or around Sept. 4.
Niger has said it had allowed the Libyans into its territory on humanitarian grounds. It has come under international pressure to hand over former Gaddafi officials suspected of human rights abuses. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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