United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk has condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, western Niger ... following the 2012 Tuareg rebellion there.

The insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region started when Islamist militants took over territory in north Mali after a 2012 Tuareg rebellion. It has since spread into neighbouring Niger and ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger ... Mali following the 2012 Tuareg rebellion there.

I spent my last few West African Francs at Niamey's Artisanal Village, where everything from Fulani hats to the Tuareg leatherwork is on offer. Even if you never make it to Niger, the country's a ...

NIAMEY - Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said. The attack ...

An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

The Tuareg people are among the indigenous Berber groups populating the Sahara, in the south of Algeria and the north of Mali and Niger. They took up arms in 2012, following previous rebellions ...