The appointment of China's new defence attache to Niger signals a larger move by Beijing to fortify security in Africa, ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which ...

At a time when Africa is convulsed by various threats and American interests could be at risk, United States influence is in ...

Covering almost 490,000 square miles, Niger is the largest landlocked country in West Africa and the second largest on the continent behind Chad. Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara Desert.

The Republic of Niger has started enforcing new travel restrictions on Nigerians using the ECOWAS passport, denying entry to ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Niamey: Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger HE Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine met on Monday in Niamey with theMinister of ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French forces departed from countries across West Africa ...

Niger joins four other countries that have been verified by WHO for eliminating onchocerciasis, all in the Region of the Americas: Colombia (2013), Ecuador (2014), Guatemala (2016) and Mexico (2015).