The coup is a heavy blow for Niger and the wider region, which has long been battered by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State. Last year some 10,000 people were killed in conflict across ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

IMF extends Niger’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) program by one year through December 2026. • IMF approves a $41 million disbursement tied to governance and fiscal reforms. • Niger’s economy ...

The fuel crisis in Niger has reached a boiling point as the country's citizens now buy petrol at N8,000 per litre. The refinery chief explained the reason.

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How the U.S. military cultivated — and then lost — a key African ally. A timeline of key events in the lead-up to the U.S. troop withdrawal on Monday from the West African country of Niger.

The measures mark another step in the Sahel country's move away from French colonial rule and towards sovereign energy.

Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African ...

Al Itissan Al-Jadeed has been contracted to oversee an upgrade of the passport and national ID systems of the Republic of ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).