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

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

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

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

Strained relations between Abuja and Niamey have disrupted joint military patrols and allowed the armed group to expand.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Condemning the Nigerien leader’s claims as divisive, Muhammada-Kaka called for more initiatives to promote cooperation between both countries. Niger coup leader Abdourahamane Tiani [ThisDay] N ...

IT was barely 16 days after President Bola Tinubu was elected chairman of ECOWAS that Abdourahmane Tchiani illegally removed ...

Analysis - How is Niger enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods last year that devastated an economy already ...