Bandits have launched yet another violent raid on rural communities, abducted 24 farmers including pregnant women from a rice farm in the Palaita community of Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area ...

Niger plans to nationalise a uranium mine operated by French nuclear firm Orano as it continues to pivot away from former colonial ruler, France. The company, which is 90 percent owned by the French ...

There were multiple things to blame for the October ambush in Niger that left multiple U.S. service members dead, including insufficient training and preparation as well as the team’s deliberate ...

NIAMEY, Niger -- An American missionary has been kidnapped in Niger's capital, Niamey, according to security sources and local media. The unidentified man was kidnapped overnight Tuesday into ...

This meant that Western nations lost the one partner they had left to rely on in the Sahel region in fighting terrorism. The coup also put Niger at loggerheads with the ECOWAS regional bloc, which ...

During an anti-Charlie Hebdo demonstration on 17 January and during an opposition march the next day, the police stormed the headquarters of four news organizations and physically attacked at least ...

Niger's new military government urged to take steps to protect the media and Niger's civic space. This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 9 August 2023. The Media Foundation for West ...

(Nairobi) – Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two years after he was ousted in a military coup, Human Rights Watch said ...

Amid an unpredictable military takeover, neighboring countries have threatened to go to war — some to scuttle the president’s ouster, and others to ensure its success. By Declan Walsh Reporting from ...

The extended closure has fuelled the smuggling by boat of migrants as well as licit commodities across the Niger Rive When Niger's democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum, was overthrown in a ...

The police in Niger State, in collaboration with vigilante members, have intercepted and recovered 520 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition. According to the Niger State Police Command in a statement ...

Dozens more militants have reportedly crossed the border from Mali into Niger to carry out another ambush on Nigerien troops, not quite three weeks after the mysterious ambush that led to the deaths ...