West African neighbours of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have imposed a new 0.5% levy on imported goods. They said this in a ...

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...

Just before dusk, the first pickup trucks roll past the checkpoint and array themselves across the desert on the outskirts of Agadez, Niger. Passengers pile in, as many as 25 per vehicle ...

It declared three days of national mourning Niger, along with its neighbors Burkina Faso and ... But the security situation in the Sahel, a vast region on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, has ...

The Tuareg are a transnational ethnic group spread across thousands of miles of Saharan wilderness and are often romanticized for their desert combat and survival skills. They're 10% of Niger's ...

Niger's army announced that it rescued 50 migrants stranded in the northern desert near the Libyan border, a crossing point ...

Niger, a former French colony located in the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert, remains one of the world's least-developed nations, despite its significant resource wealth, including uranium.

Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger's ...

In 2007 the government was negotiating contracts with France projected to make Niger the world's second largest uranium producer. More deals allowed foreign companies to explore the desert for ...

Niger, officially the Republic is Niger, is a vast, landlocked country on the edge of the Sahara desert. Following its independence from France in 1960, Niger fell victim to a series of military coups ...

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

Dem don swear in Niger military ruler as di kontri president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani don dey lead di kontri since 2023, afta e remove Niger elected ...