Niger has since deepened security cooperation with neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, also ruled by a military government.

Nearly two months since American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout was kidnapped from his home in the highly secure Château 1 ...

Niger's state-owned Timersoi National Uranium Company has signed an agreement with Russian company Uranium One Group to ...

Residents have expressed frustration and confusion over the lack of tangible results from the much-publicised World Bank assistance. Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has come under fire after ...

Current events in Niger mean world attention is turning to the West African uranium-producing country. Here is an overview of Niger's uranium sector. After reports on 26 July that presidential guards ...

On Friday, 19 December 2025, an investigation was opened at the Paris court against the state of Niger on charges of illegally selling quantities of ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) – Six aid group employees were abducted from the guesthouse in a central Niger town, officials and witnesses said Monday. Men in two Toyota pickup trucks pulled up to a guesthouse ...

As part of the ninth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Niger will host Congo Brazzaville in a crucial Group E showdown. The match will take place at the Stade du 4 Août in Burkina Faso’s capital ...

BIRGI DANGOTCHO, Niger -- In a clearing among the millet fields of this starving village, tiny red-earthen graves are sprouting in a row. Yet what perplexes village chief Issufu Ibrahim, who can count ...

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