USGN launches its future sports complex in Liboré
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Journal du Niger
Illustrative image · Al-amin Muhammad · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe Union sportive de la Gendarmerie nationale du Niger received the first phase of its future sports complex in Liboré on 10 November. The club, competing in Niger’s first division, wants suitable infrastructure to meet the requirements of continental competitions, according to its president Moumouni Abdoulaye.
The Union sportive de la Gendarmerie nationale (USGN), a club of Niger’s National Gendarmerie, received the first phase of its future sports complex in Liboré, near Niamey, on Tuesday 10 November 2026, with a perimeter wall and gates marking out the site. The club’s president, magistrate squadron commander Moumouni Abdoulaye, considers the facility a necessary step towards competing in African competitions, Journal du Niger reports.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) makes access to club competitions conditional on a licence based in particular on infrastructure criteria. The future complex is intended to provide USGN athletes with facilities for training and preparation in several sports. The project is named after Colonel-Major Kimba Tahirou, High Commander of the National Gendarmerie, who supported it with material and financial resources, according to Journal du Niger.
Moumouni Abdoulaye recalls that the club’s pioneers devoted 34 years to maintaining high-performing teams in different sports. The ceremony unveiling the entrance gate took place in the presence notably of Kimba Tahirou, the delegated administrator of the commune of Liboré, Maria Saley, and the president of the Nigerien Football Federation.
