Johannesburg — Multiple security sources in the West African nation of Niger told CBS News on Wednesday that an American ...

The man, who has not been officially identified, was kidnapped in the capital, Niamey, on Tuesday, about 100 yards (91 metres ...

Mamadou Tandja, a former Niger president who twice won election after the country's return to civilian rule in 1999 but was overthrown a decade later after altering the constitution to stay in power, ...