25 years after 9/11, the terrorist group al-Qaeda is no longer the global terrorist organization it once was. Its central ...

Benin has launched reconstruction of the 39.45-km Sètto-Dassa-Zoumè road at a cost of $291 million. The project aims to improve a key trade route that connects the Port of Cotonou with Niger and other ...

The attempted coup in Niamey on the night of 28–29 August 2026 exposed a fundamental contradiction at the heart of General Abdourahamane Tiani’s rule. Although the regime survived its serious internal ...

On the night of August 28, heavy gunfire and explosions disrupted the capital city of Niamey, Niger, marking a significant ...

Russia’s ambassador to Niger, Viktor Voropayev, told Russian media Niger had requested support from the Russian force and the ...

The Government of Niger has entered into a public-private partnership (PPP) with Niger Electricity Power Production (NEPP) to develop a 200 MW solar photovoltaic plant with battery energy storage ...

Senator Shehu Buba, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, has denied allegations linking him to bandit kingpins and ...

Niger’s military government has accused France of orchestrating a failed mutiny that rocked the capital, Niamey, last week.

Niger’s military-led government has accused France of orchestrating and supporting a failed military mutiny in the capital, ...

France has dismissed as “pure fantasy” Niger’s claim that Paris helped incite a mutiny in which soldiers stormed a military ...

France has rejected Niger’s accusation that it was behind a failed military mutiny in Niamey, with French Foreign Minister ...

Russian forces were brought in to help defeat jihadists but they also defend the military leadership in Niger.