In military junta-led Niger, a commission recommended a five-year transition to democratic rule. The junta's initial ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

In the Sahel, human rights defenders are being targeted more than ever by the various states, while civic space is ...

A national committee to chart Niger’s future has proposed that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration in five years under new rules that strictly limit the number of political ...

Niger's military-led government suggests a five-year transition to democracy after a 2023 coup. The proposal alters a previous three-year timeline, leading to the country's exit from ECOWAS and ...

Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Mali's capital Bamako, told DW: "I cannot imagine that Mali, Niger, or Burkina Faso will return to ECOWAS anytime ...

Niger's junta will stay in power for at least half a decade more if it accepts a plan presented on Thursday, which does not ...

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

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger officially left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on January 29, having served notice a year ago, raising concerns over access to justice for the ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. Niger also ended an agreement to keep about 1,000 US troops ...