Niger on Sunday announced the imminent start of copper mining in its desert north as the country seeks to diversify its ...

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.

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Niamey (Niger) (AFP) – Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital divide in remote rural ...

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

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s National Conference on Thursday submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A national committee to chart Niger’s future proposed Thursday that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly ...