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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week, according to a ...

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

Algeria has expanded its military support for Niger with fighter jets, transport and refueling aircraft, following an earlier delivery of four helicopters. The growing defense cooperation comes as ...

The uprising was suppressed by the authorities with the assistance from the Russian defense ministry’s Africa Corps ...

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 ...