Most Americans know little or nothing about Niger, the country where four U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush. It is a small country based on population and one of the poorest in the world.

Hassan said his business, which involves transporting goods from neighboring Benin, has dried up because of sanctions imposed on Niger after ... 13 percent of the population — or 3.3 million ...

Nowhere in the world is the population growing as fast as in Niger. It was 3.5 million half a century ago; now it stands at 20 million. Many steadfastly refuse to talk or think about contraception.

The 1998 census showed that on average women in Niger had seven children, but the new study reckons that over the past five years the number has risen to eight. The population of this mainly ...

Things could deteriorate. Niger has one of the highest population growth rates in the world. And most of the country is infertile. Two-thirds of its area is located in the Sahara. Niger’s ...