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A double assault on Friday by suspected terrorists near Niger’s western frontier with Burkina Faso claimed the lives of 10 soldiers, authorities confirmed, while reporting that…

Niger’s ruling military junta announced on Thursday that it is nationalising Somair, a subsidiary of the French uranium giant Orano, marking another escalation in the ongoing…

Nine civilians, including a schoolteacher, were killed in southwestern Niger during an attack by suspected insurgents, local sources confirmed on Sunday. The ambush occurred on Friday,…

Two journalists in Niger have been remanded in custody for allegedly plotting against state authority, according to their employer. The pair were among three reporters arrested…

Algeria has forcibly returned more than 16,000 irregular African migrants to Niger since April, an official source told AFP on Wednesday. This figure accounts for over…

Several Nigerien soldiers have been killed in a terrorist assault in the country’s southwest, according to a local source speaking on Wednesday. AFP reports that the…

Lawyers representing Moussa Tchangari, a prominent critic of Niger’s ruling military junta, have condemned his ongoing detention as “illegal and arbitrary”, accusing the authorities of silencing…

Nigeria and Niger’s foreign ministers met on Wednesday to discuss cross-border security, terrorism, and economic cooperation, despite lingering tensions between the neighbours since the July 2023…

A Swiss woman has been abducted in Agadez, Niger, the same city where an Austrian woman was kidnapped three months prior, according to officials. The Swiss…

Nigeria on Friday reiterated its calls for the release of Niger’s deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained in the West African nation with his…