The message “Exception: forbidden” with “this site is currently experiencing technical difficulties” means the State Department’s server understands the request but is refusing to show the page, typically the result of a 403 Forbidden–type access or configuration problem on their side, not an issue with your device.
Yes. The full 2025 Niger Republic Day press statement is available on the U.S. Embassy in Niger’s website, which republishes State Department statements, and it is also typically listed on the State Department’s Niger country page and in its press‑release archive when those sections are working.
Media requests or questions about the missing release should be directed to the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Press Operations in the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, reached via the Department’s “Information for Journalists” contact channels; if that page is also down, inquiries can be routed through the main State Department contact information listed on USA.gov.
The “Niger Republic Day” page is a short formal press statement from the Secretary of State—titled as a Press Statement—offering congratulations to the people of Niger on Republic Day and highlighting U.S.–Niger relations.
Yes. Previous Niger Republic (National) Day messages are archived on State Department and U.S. Embassy Niger sites—for example the 2024 and 2023 “Niger National Day” statements on the State Department archive and the 2022 statement on the embassy site.
The on‑screen message only suggests trying again “in a few moments,” but in practice this kind of WordPress‑style technical‑difficulties error can last until State Department web administrators fix the underlying problem, which may be hours or longer. There is no publicly advertised status page for state.gov outages, so the practical options are to retry periodically and, meanwhile, use alternate copies such as the U.S. Embassy Niger posting of the same statement.