An apparent Islamist armed group attacked a civilian convoy escorted by Malian armed forces and allied militias in ...

National Commission Calls for a Minimum 5-year Transition, Amnesty for Coup LeadersPower has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge.On Thursday, a national commission, ...

Following the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS, there are now fewer countries that Nigerian passport ...

NIAMEY, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Niger's Defense and Security Forces (FDS) has said it lost five soldiers on Feb. 19 in a terrorist ambush in Sakoira in the country's western region of Tillabery.

A national committee to chart Niger's future proposed Thursday that the junta-ruled country return to civilian administration ...

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 ...

You have done your part; I will do mine.” Niger and its neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso have battled for over a decade an insurgency fought by jihadi groups, including some allied with al-Qaida ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

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

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. On Thursday, a national commission, representing participants to talks on the country’s transition to democratic rule ...

Niger’s National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power.