NIAMEY, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A commission in military junta-led Niger has recommended a minimum five-year transition to democratic rule following national discussions, officials said. After a coup ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had rejected that original plan for a three-year transition.

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Junta leader, General Abdourahamane ...

Activists, including King Okabi of the Ogale community, have called for an end to oil giant Shell's pollution in the Niger Delta and demanded compensation as the trial between Ogale and Bille ...

The commitment was made in a joint statement issued Sunday following Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama's work visit to Niamey, the Nigerien capital, where he was welcomed at the Diori Hamani ...