After a decade of agonising struggle and heartache, a long-awaited moment of reckoning is finally on the horizon for the communities of Ogale and Bille in ...

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 ...

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

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

Since the coup, Niger's military rulers have turned their back on former colonial power France and forged ties with fellow juntas in Burkina Faso and Mali, as well as with Russia. It has also ...

In response, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso announced their exit last January and accused ECOWAS of failing to safeguard ...

Niger has for many years battled a jihadi insurgency ... The country has severed decades-long military ties with the West and turned to Russia as a new security partner.

Losing the military bases in Syria would be devastating for Russia's Africa Corps (former Wagner Group) that are present in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Central African Republic and in Libya, said ...

turning to Russian mercenaries in an effort to maintain stability. Despite its promise to restore peace, however, the military’s capacity to improve Niger’s security has been questioned amid ...