Niger on Sunday announced the imminent start of copper mining in its desert north as the country seeks to diversify its ...

Niger turns to satellites to bridge digital divide Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite broadband to bridge the digital ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.