NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.

As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...

Four soldiers were injured in a recent improvised explosive device attack on a mission in the southwestern region of ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), hoping the move can bring in better development. The memberships of ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A national committee to chart ... The security situation in the Sahel region has worsened since the juntas took power, analysts say, with a record number of attacks and ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the country. The move leaves nongovernmental groups throughout West Africa worried ...

Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, due to take effect Wednesday ...

Morocco’s strategic role in promoting stability in the Sahel is central to tackling transnational threats, with initiatives ...