Having lost its operating licence for the Imouraren project and with production suspended at the Arlit mining complex, French ...

Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said.

Niger’s military authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a prominent civil society activist and critic of the government, as he is detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his ...

From Mali in the west to Sudan in the east, a whole swathe of Africa is now run ... since 2021 was far lower in Niger, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data project (Acled).

Russian troops have been deployed to an airbase in Niger where American soldiers are located, US officials say ... Niger is in Africa's Sahel region, which is considered the new global epicentre ...