The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

The Conference of Civil Societies and Centre for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMICO) has said the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West Africa States ...

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee ... NGOs are involved with these partners who are waging war against us… through the support they often give to terrorists”.

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

Niger is one of several countries in Africa's Sahel region where the military has seized power in coups in recent years, amid persistent attacks by jihadist insurgencies.

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans.

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.

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...