Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged stakeholders of the Niger Delta to maintain the prevailing peace in the region and remain resolute in their support for the administration of President Bola Tinubu.Otuaro ...

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.

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

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed 13 people in Mariga local government area of Niger state. LEADERSHIP learnt that ...

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 ...

Niger has bid adieu to the Avenue Charles de Gaulle as its ruling junta renamed several historic sites in the capital Niamey, which previously bore references to old colonial ruler France.

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 ...