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 ...

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

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

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

Niger’s capital, Niamey, appears calm after young soldiers staged a mutiny against the ruling military junta. Loyalist forces ...

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.