Niger's junta survived its most severe internal threat since seizing power in a 2023 coup when renegade soldiers staged a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Nigeriens participate in a march called by supporters of coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, pictured, in Niamey, Niger, ...

Armed men have killed at least 37 civilians in an ambush in western Niger near Burkina Faso and Mali, local sources said on ...

Niger's ruling junta said it was back in control after mutinous soldiers set off armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, moving on the presidential palace and disrupting the state broadcaster.

Three years after President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown, Niger is recording strong oil-driven growth but facing rising jihadist violence and a severe restriction of political freedoms, former ...

Niger's military has asked Russia-backed Wagner's help against an ECOWAS intervention during a Mali visit where mercenaries have been stationed, report said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A view of a street in Niamey, Niger, Wednesday, July. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Hama, FIle) NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's ...

Abidjan (AFP) – Niger's ruling junta said Saturday it "gradually took back control" after mutinying soldiers attacked key sites around the capital including the presidential palace, after the city was ...

Dozens Set Free but Ex-President Bazoum, Others Remain Wrongfully Imprisoned Among those released are several of Bazoum’s ministers, including Mahamane Sani Issoufou, former oil minister, and Kalla ...

One year after its creation, the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR), an opposition movement to the Niger junta, has been dissolved. Its founder, Rhissa Ag Boula, announced this in a press ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African ...

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader appointed a new armed forces chief, less than two weeks after a deadly mutiny threatened the junta’s grip on power. Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani named Brig. Gen.