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

In custody since 2023, the deposed Niger president’s family is working with an American democracy activist to capture ...

Niger said Friday that it had suspended broadcasting by a major private TV channel and one of its journalists a day after it aired a report on the "performance" of the country's military-led ...

military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani blamed the group’s emergence on Nigeria and said Abuja and France were sponsoring the group to attack Niger. The country, a former colony of France, has ...

Indigenisation efforts led by leaders more concerned with self-preservation than national progress often spell disaster.

The three countries will put their own common passport into circulation on Wednesday and have announced a unified army of 5,000 men.

However, the video was filmed during one of the rallies in support of Niger’s coup leaders in August 2023. “Thousands of Nigerians resident in Niger, took to the streets of Niamey, to register ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

Women in Niger have been the most impacted by terrorist attacks in the country and now they donate money and goods to strengthen the anti-colonial fight in the country ...

Niger’s democratically elected leader, in a military coup. The sanctions include closure of land and air borders between Nigeria and Niger, as well as ECOWAS no-fly zone on all commercial ...

Military regimes in the Sahel have turned to tactics including arrests to assert control over critical mineral supplies ...