All US soldiers are set to leave Niger, ending their role in the fight against Islamist insurgents.
Military leaders in the West African nation have sought closer ties with Russia since seizing power in a coup last year.
On Friday the US also (...)
Russia has delivered military equipment to Niger that will provide the African country with the "latest generation of anti-aircraft defense systems," Nigerien state broadcaster RTN said Thursday.
The equipment arrived in Niamey on Wednesday along (...)
Niger's military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in Niger – days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military (...)
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have announced they are leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The junta-led countries had already been suspended from the bloc, which has been urging them to return to democratic rule.
The three (...)
The world's first routine vaccine program against malaria has started in Cameroon, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.
The symbolic first jab was given to a baby girl named Daniella at a health facility near (...)
Coup leaders in Niger have overturned an eight-year-old law criminalising migrant smuggling in the country.
The legislation allowed authorities to take action against smugglers who transported migrants through Niger's vast desert on to Libya and (...)
The Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Al-Marshad, inked 14 new development loan agreements on Thursday with ministers from 12 African nations.
These agreements, totaling over $580 million, aim to finance crucial (...)
The military government in Niger says it has foiled an attempt by the deposed former President, Mohamed Bazoum, to escape from custody.
The former president attempted to flee in the night with his family, cooks and security, a military spokesman (...)
Five men have been jailed for 12 years each in Nigeria after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull.
They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor who said it was needed for rituals that would make them rich.
The men pleaded guilty (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the northwest of Tabatol, Niger.
The deadly attack on October 2 targeting security forces resulted in the death of 29 soldiers and serious injury to several others.
In a statement (...)
Fierce fighting has broken out in northern Mali with Tuareg rebels saying they have taken control of the town of Bamba from the army.
It comes after the separatist fighters said they had killed more than 80 soldiers in the center of the country.
The (...)
Two attacks by suspected militants in restive northeastern Mali Thursday killed 64 people including dozens of civilians, the country's transitional government said.
The attacks targeted a passenger boat on the Niger River near Timbuktu and an army (...)
The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor in Niger to enable voluntary returns of stranded migrants, after July's military takeover triggered border & airspace closures
IOM Regional Director (...)
Why is it so often that problems seem to get worse just when they ought to be getting better?
Or in a French-African context, how come President Emmanuel Macron is surveying the tatters of French policy - coups in four Francophone states — just when (...)
While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country's stability and development, the head of the mission said on Monday.
Briefing the Security Council, (...)
The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on humanitarian operations limiting aid and protection, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
UNHCR's representative in Niger (...)
France's ambassador has remained in Niger despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in a defiant speech.
Ambassador Sylvain Itte had been ordered to go amid rapidly (...)
Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Daesh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighboring countries, the UN Security Council heard on Friday.
Ambassadors were (...)
The Ukrainian government has spotted an opportunity to strengthen its diplomatic ties in Africa as Russia tries to cling on to major allies there.
As the BRICS summit gets underway in Johannesburg this week, bringing together the main players of (...)
The United Nations continues to deliver aid in Niger, nearly three weeks since President Mohamed Bazoum was seized by some of his guards in a power grab.
Agencies continue to reach people despite the challenges, including the ongoing rainy season, (...)
Niger's military junta has announced plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason and undermining national security.
This is the latest sign that the junta intends to resist international pressure to return power to (...)
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu is facing a huge backlash at home over his threat to use military force to reverse the coup in next-door neighbor Niger.
Local media report there was strong opposition to military intervention at a session of the (...)
Russia's Wagner mercenary group is "taking advantage" of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.
The country has been ruled by a junta following the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum nearly two weeks ago.
There (...)
Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbors.
Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger's (...)
Niger's military junta has just hours to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum to power or face the possibility of military action from the regional bloc ECOWAS.
Last Sunday, West African leaders gave the coup leaders a week to comply with its (...)