On July 26, 2023, military officers detained elected President Mohamed Bazoum and asserted that they had seized power. On July 30, West African leaders announced sanctions and threatened military ...

The ongoing political instability in Niger presents a threat to U.S. counterterrorism operations as the ultimate outcome of a coup attempt could dictate the future of Washington's involvement in the ...

Multiple failures are to blame for the Niger ambush that killed four U.S. service members last October, the Pentagon said in a report released Thursday that cited insufficient training and preparation ...

France’s decision to withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by its military contingent in the next months was welcomed by Nigerien military leaders as a ‘step towards sovereignty’. The July 26 ...

The Africa Report examines the EU’s efforts to tamp down migration to its shores by pouring hundreds of millions of euros into an African country with a poor governance record and high rates of ...

A classified report on the deadly attack in Niger last fall found that disregard for the chain of command and a rush to approve a mission were contributing factors to the deaths of four U.S. soldiers, ...

ARLIT, Niger/PARIS (Reuters) - When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners' huts stranded between the sun-blasted rocks of ...

ARLIT, Niger/PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - When France began mining uranium ore in the desert of northern Niger in the early 1970s, Arlit was a cluster of miners' huts stranded between the sun-blasted ...