Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate. The military-run government of Niger frequently fights armed groups in ...

A convoy of pickups packed with Nigeriens and other Africans begins a three-day trek from Agadez, Niger, through the Sahara to Libya ... a shortage of arable land made worse by desertification ...

The desert covers over 3.3 million square miles, which means it's roughly the same size as the entire United States.

The Niger State Police Command has deployed officers to Chimbi, a village in Paikoro Local Government Area, following a violent clash over a land dispute between the Hausa and Gbagyi communities.

GOOGLE MAPS Niger's government announced Friday three ... by "terrorists" belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group. The victims were killed in a "savage" attack on a mosque ...