Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had "done everything possible" to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa's ECOWAS regional group, to no avail.

This week, Niger 's military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, ...

Niger’s junta said Tuesday it had freed around 50 people, including ministers, from the government it toppled in July 2023, in line with recommendations of a “national conference” in February. Those ...

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which also includes soldiers from Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has been working to stem the insurgency since 2015, but progress has been hobbled by division ...

NIAMEY - Niger has quit an international force ... in northeast Nigeria in 2009 and has killed tens of thousands of people. Last year, Chad threatened to pull out of the MNJTF after about 40 ...

"Several dozen" soldiers and civilian auxiliaries have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in eastern Burkina Faso, ...

The Islamic calendar is usually ten to twelve days shorter than the Georgian calendar and Iftar time in Niamey varies each year. It is a reason that a large number of people utilize the Ramadan ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023 as part of what military authorities have described as ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's military junta has freed dozens of former government officials and military officers detained after a coup in 2023 as part of what the military authorities describe ...