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.

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s National Conference on Thursday submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military ...

NIAMEY - A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following ...

The national conference in Niger has recommended a renewable five-year term for General Abdourahamane Tiani, the president of ...

As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s National Conference on Thursday submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

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 - A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following discussions with national stakeholders, officials said on state TV on ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The new special representative of the European Union (EU) for the Sahel, Joao Cravinho has said that he aims to re-establish a "good relationship" between the EU and Niger.

Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, ...

Following a lull in highly pathogenic avian influenza in west Africa, outbreaks have been recorded again in Nigeria and Niger.