Niger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the capital, Niamey, since the military coup in July 2023.

A rice mill, fuel tanker and other properties have been destroyed in a gas explosion that rocked F&S Investment, a gas ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Junta leader, General Abdourahamane ...

Abdoulaye had previously told AFP that the communications minister had lifted the channel and Amadou's reporting suspensions.

In a huge blow to Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are leaving to forge ahead with their own group. The woman has lived in Niger for over two decades and is a fixture in her community ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday. Niger is "the fifth ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Wednesday formally withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc. The military-led governments in the three West African nations ...