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 ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

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Abdourahamane Tchiani, an army veteran, was also elevated to the country’s highest military rank and signed a decree ...

China has helped remake Niger's energy sector, but pay disparities and unequal employment roles have caused friction.