Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition period during which the current military government will stay in power ...
An international research team has used earth observation radar data to map oil pipeline networks covering a 9000 km2 region in the Niger Delta and pinpoint where crude oil spills have caused the most acute damage to the delicate mangrove ecosystem.
Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that could prove costly in the long term.
Niger's ruling military junta says that an ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country's border with Burkina Faso ...
Niger's ruling military junta says that an ambush by a "group of criminals" killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country's border with Burkina Faso.
A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries -- Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso -- formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused the bloc of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.