Browsing: Niger

Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum has declared that he does not want Ministers in his cabinet to practise polygamy. The Minister said this to a group of…

Niger lawmakers have adopted a bill authorising more European special forces to be sent to assist curb an insurgency throughout the Sahel, despite opposition from several…

Niger’s parliament will for the first time discuss the presence of foreign forces fighting insurgents in the country. Government noted that there’s a widespread perception that the…

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has welcomed Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, who is touring west Africa. According to Bazoum, their meeting focused on “decades of crucial…

Authorities in Niger Republic have announced that it wouldo recruit 5000 soldiers into the Army in order to bolster the country’s fight against insurgency. This is…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB ) has approved funding of $127.8 million to Niger. The funds approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development…

Reports indicate that five soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southwest Niger. This was made known in a statement on Sunday by the State’s…

Authorities on Tuesday said that 18 civilians were killed when their transport van was attacked in a section of western Niger by unknown assailants. The nation’s…

An improvised explosive device (Land mine) has killed five Nigerien soldiers in the southwest of the Sahel country. According to the defense ministry, an army patrol…

Sonatrach oil company in Algeria said it had signed a deal with the Niger petroleum ministry to share production in Niger’s Kafra region, the Algerian state…