There is panic among residents of mining communities in Niger State following the influx of illegal miners from neighbouring countries.

Algerian forces killed two "terrorists" during a military operation in the country's far south near the borders with Mali and Niger, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. During the operation that took ...

The junta-run country quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, an international group of French-speaking ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five ...

President John Mahama on Thursday said the Economic Community of West African States is still engaging with its estranged members, now the Alliance of Sahel States.However, he said talks have been ...

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military juntas that have severed diplomatic ties with France and expelled French troops while building security partnerships with Russia instead.

Ostensibly meant to foster greater cooperation between Francophone countries, the three countries allege that the ...

The President of Ghana, John Mahama, on Thursday visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the State House in Abuja. The visit, ...

Niger was, however, suspended from the OIF in December 2023, following its coup d'état. Burkina Faso and Mali were also ...

Like military rulers in Mali and Burkina Faso, Niger authorities also went on to kick out French and other European forces, and left the West African economic group, Ecowas. Mali, Niger and ...

Abdourahamane Tchiani, who leads Niger's junta, has been sworn in as president for a five-year transitional term, under a ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.