Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa’s Lake Chad region as ...

Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an ...

Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack by the "Islamic State" militant group on a mosque in Niger. The ...

Meanwhile, both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are home to over 200 languages. In Cameroon, Bulu, Beti ...

Niger's military ruler has been sworn in as the country's president for a transitional period of five years. Gen ...

Niger's military junta leader Abdourahamane Tiani was sworn in as the country's transitional president on Wednesday. A senior ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

The insurgency in West Africa's Sahel region ... since spread into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, and more recently into the north of coastal West African countries such as Togo and Ghana.

"It's never good news to learn that a state wants to leave," Vande Weghe told RFI's Africa service ... French-speaking ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader ... following similar patterns of prolonged stints in power in Africa’s junta-led countries, including Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.