A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

International criminal gangs have exploited instability in Sahel countries to build flourishing drug and human trafficking ...

In its continued efforts to ensure the safe and dignified return of Nigerian migrants, the National Emergency Management ...

Authorities in Niger say they are looking into the recent sale of a meteorite discovered in the country, saying it could be a case of "illicit international trafficking." Niger says it will open an ...

In Agadez, there are dozens of stash houses, which locals call “ghettos”. They are hidden behind homes, next to mosques and market stalls, part of the city’s secret geography, the ...

A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the second citizen ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...

Agadez’s tourist trade was killed off by the Tuareg rebellion of the early 1990s. In recent years it has been a stopping-off point for hundreds of thousands of west-African migrants.

NIAMEY, Niger – Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages ...

The fight against terrorism is taking to the skies -- of Africa, that is. The U.S. military announced plans to build a $100 million temporary base in Agadez ...