Tag: Niger

A widening diplomatic crisis is gripping West Africa after Mali and Niger publicly accused neighbouring states — and foreign powers ...

Heavy security has been deployed around the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after overnight gunfire and explosions that the ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially launched a joint regional military force aimed at combating jihadist ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Sidi Ould Tah and Niger's Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine ...

Al-Husseina Amadou never forgets the day she was sold. Like her parents, she was born into slavery in southern Niger. ...

Islamic State-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in western Niger, killing more than 127 people in five separate strikes since ...

Terrorists have killed more than 150,000 people across Africa over the past decade, with most of that violence taking place ...

The Nigerian Armed Forces expects to host chiefs of defense from all 54 African nations at a summit in Abuja ...

French state-owned nuclear fuel company Orano is exploring the sale of its uranium assets in Niger after the collapse of ...

Once home to thriving cultures and resilient communities, African countries like Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Cameroon now ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who has led Burkina Faso since a 2022 coup, is focusing on economic autonomy to reduce reliance ...

Thirty African Heads of State and government today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, ...

Niger’s ruling junta, which took power in July 2023 with promises to restore security to areas plagued by extremist violence, ...

Abuja - Nigeria’s military has launched a campaign against members of the Lakurawa, a group of Islamic State-affiliated terrorists attacking ...

The European Union (EU) has recalled its ambassador from Niamey, Niger's capital, for consultations in Brussels following tensions with the ...