Niger's junta has reported a loss of at least 29 Nigerien soldiers in an attack perpetrated by jihadists near the country's border with Mali. This incident marks another distressing development in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Niger Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani (C) blamed France, Bejin and the Ivory Coast for the Wednesday night attack on Niger's Diori Hamani ...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the convoy of Nigerien troops that entered Mazanya village in Jibia local government area of Katsina State only crossed border to fetch water. The Nigerien ...

President Joe Biden on Thursday called for the immediate release of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum in a written statement commemorating Niger’s Independence Day, saying the U.S. “stands with the ...

Nigerien authorities have taken operational control of SOMAÏR, Orano has confirmed, saying decisions taken at the board meetings of the company which operates the Arlit mine are no longer being ...

A joint border security talks has been held following Saturday’s clash between Nigerien soldiers and the Joint Nigerien security forces in Mazanya, a border community in Jibia Local Government Area of ...

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But the ECOWAS leaders have now changed strategy, settling only for Niger President Mohamed Bazoum’s release from detention. The regional bloc led by President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria also resolved to ...

FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — A 58-year-old man from Niger was indicted for his alleged role in posing as a love interest in an effort to get money from victims while living in Maryland. The U.S.

The Nigerien military announced on 11 December that 71 soldiers had been killed and 12 others wounded during a complex assault by Islamist militants on a remote military camp in the rural commune of ...