"Members of the City of Niamey administration participated in Niger’s General Mobilisation Day at the Mahatma Gandhi International Conference Centre on Friday, as the Sahel nation moves to bolster security amid ongoing regional instability. Footage shows dignitaries and military officials seated at the event listening to speeches and posing for photos. Governor of the Niamey region, Assoumane Abdou Harouna, hit out at international actors amid the insecurity in Niger. “Revolutions are the paths that will preserve our freedom and dignity […] it is precisely because we have made this choice that our confederal space is subjected to violence deliberately maintained by imported and sponsored terrorism, so that this space becomes unmanageable, a space of endemic conflict, a space of crisis," he stated. "This is happening before the eyes of a certain international community that remains complicitly and insultingly silent," he added. Vice-President of the Consultative Council for Rebuilding (CCR), Ban Ibrahim, highlighted the need for preparedness in a volatile world. “Sovereignty is not just proclaimed in speeches, it is defended in decisions, protected in institutions, and built in the consciousness of the people […] Nations that fail to prepare are at the mercy of history. Nations that prepare themselves master it,” Ibrahim said. CCR President Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey called for vigilance among the population in light of recent security threats: “Citizen vigilance must be constant. Recent events, such as the cowardly terrorist attack that targeted Niamey airport a few weeks ago, are a warning signal for the entire nation […] The security of our country depends on the constant vigilance of each and every one of us.” Niger’s government launched the strategy aiming at shifting from a purely military approach to a 'total defence' model involving all sectors of society. The policy is governed by a decree signed on December 26, 2025, which establishes the legal framework for nationwide mobilisation. Citizens can be required to respond to conscription or recall orders, while the state is authorised to requisition private property, including vehicles, equipment, and services, for military use. Authorities also plan to expand the Niger Armed Forces (FAN) from about 40,000 to 100,000 personnel by 2026, supported in part by a Sovereignty Fund encouraging voluntary public contributions to finance defence and development projects."