Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital, Dakar that it has ...

Meanwhile, in the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, the jihadist insurgency in West Africa, linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, committed further attacks, including last week. The ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

Nigerien junta leader Abdourahamane Tchiani was sworn in as the country’s president during a “flexible” transition period of ...

Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger's junta leader, was sworn in as president for a five-year transition. This period challenges regional efforts to restore democracy following a coup in 2023. The charter ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a ...

Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years ...

Some 44 civilians were killed in an attack in southwest Niger, the country’s authorities said Friday, blaming it on terrorists belonging to Daesh in the Greater Sahara group. The victims were killed ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The attack took place on Friday afternoon in the ...

Niamey, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Forty-four people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a mosque in Niger, authorities in the West African country said on Saturday. Suspected members of the Islamic ...