East African countries have plenty to offer Western miners in the coming years, notably the relative absence of strongarm ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region to face rising extr ...

West African leaders considered military intervention to stop Niger from falling under the sway of a junta following a coup.

A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped while transporting goods from Morocco to Niger and were later released in Niger.

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said ...

The nations foreign minister says entry into the Alliance of Sahel States is not impossible Togos foreign minister has hinted ...

A combined force of 5,000 troops from Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon be deployed to address security challenges in ...

Opinion - Security in the Sahel, one of the world's most dynamic regions, requires concerted effort by all concerned countries.

Four Moroccan truck drivers went missing on Saturday as they crossed the restive border area between Burkina Faso and Niger, according to a source from the Moroccan embassy in Burkina Faso and a ...

It is almost a year since the lifting of heavy sanctions on Niger imposed by regional West African bloc ECOWAS to protest the overthrow of civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in 2023. But constantly ...

Gunmen have kidnapped an Austrian woman in Niger's Agadez city NIAMEY ... is known to have been kidnapped in the conflict-hit West African nation since a military junta took power in 2023.