The junta in Niger is withstanding regional pressure to stand down, while support for their coup carries a distinctly anti-Western sheen.

The President of the West African nation of Niger has been removed in a coup. President Mohamed Bazoum has been held hostage by his own guard at his residence since early Wednesday morning.

Niger’s military leaders have renamed streets and monuments bearing French names, in the latest move to cut links with the country’s former colonial power. Avenue Charles de Gaulle in the ...

Last year, a coup took place in Burkina Faso. Niger was seen as the Sahel’s final bulwark against chaos and instability, the last regime standing.

Speaking at the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary/women and youth conference held in Owerri on Wednesday, the ...

Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger, has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African ...

(Nairobi) – Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty ...

Under Bazoum, France had more than 1,500 troops stationed in Niger to help fight jihadist groups linked to both al-Qaeda and Islamic State. They all withdrew by the end of last year.

Niger's relationship with France and other Western allies deteriorated after President ... Another place to have been given a facelift in Niamey is a stone monument that had an engraving of French ...