A group of mutinous soldiers calling itself the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country announced on state ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as ...

In recent years, West Africa has been shaken by anti-Western military interventions that spread to Niger in 2023. Gabon, a ...

NIAMEY, Niger — People in Niger awoke to a divided country Thursday after mutinous soldiers claimed to have ousted the president. But the government said it will never accept their rule and has called ...

This article was published in this column on 4 Au­gust, 2023 following the coup d’état in Niger Re­public on 26 July, 2023. It is being reprinted because of the recent developments in Benin Republic: ...

Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahmane Tiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's elected ...

Canada-based uranium developer Global Atomic Corporation (TSX: GLO, OTCQX: GLATF, FRANKFURT: G12) said it had secured renewed ...

Niger has been a key U.S. ally in West Africa in the fight against growing threats from Islamist extremist groups. But a military coup last July soured that relationship. Now, the U.S. says it will ...

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