N'Djamena (AFP) – As they zigzagged from one machine to another in the searing African sun, the workers were covered in black soot. Issued on: 20/06/2025 - 07:55 Modified: 20/06/2025 - 07:53 3 min ...

Niger plans to nationalise the Somair uranium mine operated by France's Orano after months of worsening relations between the French state-owned company and its local partners following a 2023 ...

Niger's ruling junta militia announced plans to nationalize Somair — a unit of the French uranium company Orano, on Thursday, escalating tensions between the two nations. "Faced with the ...

Two more decomposed bodies recovered from Niger flood, raising death toll and highlighting the ongoing crisis. Over 700 still missing after devastating May 29 rainfall.

NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Niger’s government yesterday announced plans to nationalize the Somair uranium joint venture operated by French nuclear fuels company Orano, according to a statement read ...

According to the CDS, the Nigerian border with the Niger Republic is the most porous and dangerous and must be fenced as a way of fighting terrorism. Musa said that it was through the Niger border ...

The resulting black nuggets look like ordinary charcoal. Like the traditional kind, it emits CO2 when it burns -- but less, said Souleymane Adam Adey, an ecologist at the University of N'Djamena.

Highlights: • World Bank urges Niger to boost irrigation as climate shocks threaten food security. • Just 2% of farmland is irrigated, yet it produces a third of Niger’s agricultural GDP. • Niger ...

Niger plans to nationalize the Somair uranium mine operated by France’s Orano after months of worsening relations between the French state-owned company and its local partners following a 2023 ...

Hundreds of assailants killed 34 Nigerien soldiers in an attack in western Niger not far from the Malian border on Thursday, the defence ministry said. The "cowardly and barbaric" assault in the ...

Two more decomposed bodies recovered from the devastating Niger flood, bringing the death toll higher. Over 700 still missing after May's torrential rains.

The Niger State Government has advised communities residing in flood-prone areas to immediately relocate to higher ground to forestall a flood disaster. This follows a weather forecast issued by ...