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

Niger lies in a region of West Africa known as the Sahel. This area has been afflicted with numerous coups in recent years that have made it the "longest corridor of military rule on Earth," The ...

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 ...

President Bola Tinubu, who is at the helm of regional superpower Nigeria, regards the coup across the border in Niger as a litmus test for democracy in West Africa. Having assumed the chairmanship ...