where the Aïr Massif meets the great sand seas of the Sahara, the commander's men had won the greatest victory of their two-year rebellion against the Niger government. The rebels, all ethnic ...

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 ...

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.

Niger, officially the Republic is Niger, is a vast, landlocked country on the edge of the Sahara desert. Following its independence from France in 1960, Niger fell victim to a series of military coups ...

A 171-mile road project in a landlocked country in Africa is set to improve transport connections and provide a much-needed ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger, the first time a European citizen ... which lies on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Residents and local media group Air-Info Agadez named the victim ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger, officials said. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel, an arid swath of ...

The governor announced his support including land for the immediate take-off of the Niger State Command of NAPTIP. He said, “We shall give you a land with Certificate of Occupancy for the ...

The boundary has pushed farther north this year than is typical, making portions of the Sahara Desert two times to six times ...