The Latest Breaking News from Niger

The UN chief has called it an epidemic of coups. In Africa, since 2020, military officers have seized power, or attempted to do so, in numerous sub-Saharan countries. Just in the last two and a half months, soldiers in Gabon announced a takeover of power, while in Niger, members of…

It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters

France's Culture Minister on Friday said the suspension of visas for artists from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso was due to security concerns in light of the recent military coups in those countries and in no way a "boycott".

The Pentagon says it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and Africa said those flights had resumed

At a two-day national conference on millets, 500 participants from across the world discussed the health benefits and suitability of millets to climate change. India is the largest producer, followed by Niger and China. The UN declared 2023 as the International Year of Millet and the Indian govt. is promoting…

A French citizen detained in Niger in the wake of a coup has been freed, the French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.

US reaches agreement with Niger’s military leaders to restart drone, crewed aircraft missions at two airbases.

The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger air bases more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there

The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that 600 million euros spent training security personnel in the Sahel had "failed to bolster democracy". His comments follow recent coups in both Niger and Gabon.