VIENNA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Austria said on Friday it had "encouraging news" about an Austrian woman taken hostage in 2025 in Niger but her release was not yet complete, while Switzerland said it was ...

French officials deny involvement, but tensions between the two countries remain high.

Military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to power promising to defeat the insurgencies plaguing their countries.

Failed uprising in Niamey exposed tensions in Niger’s military, and the role of the Africa Corps in suppressing unrest.

In what was seen as a major threat to the junta in power since a 2023 coup, the soldiers engaged loyalist forces in sustained ...

Local media and an Associated Press witness say heavy gunfire and explosions were heard overnight into Saturday morning in ...

NIAMEY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, triggering hours of gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking ...

Niger’s junta survived its most severe internal threat since seizing power in a 2023 coup when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend, triggering a 24-hour standoff that ended with Russian ...

NIAMEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week, according to a government statement read on TV on Friday. • Mutinous ...

Renegade Nigerien soldiers attacked sites around the capital, the defense ministry said, including a key air base that hosts Russian mercenaries.