NIAMEY NIGER - A major journalist in Niger was in custody Saturday an association said a day after the private TV channel he ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped while transporting goods from Morocco to Niger and were later released in Niger.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the growing tensions at the Humanitarian Centre near Agadez town and their impact on our ability to deliver services to those seeking assistance and ...

Niamey, Niger — At a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation. “The prices of local food are ...

Moussa Tchangari, a human rights defender and secretary-general of Citizens’ Alternative Spaces, faced two new charges: ...

Local media and residents identified the woman as Eva Gretzmacher and said she is an aid worker who has lived in Agadez for ...

Four Moroccan truck drivers were kidnapped over the weekend in West Africa and released in Niger. They were transporting electrical equipment on a dangerous route affected by militant activity in the ...

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Analysis - How is Niger enduring the consequences of unprecedented floods last year that devastated an economy already ...

The Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'a Wa'iqamatis Sunnah, (JIBWIS Nigeria), under the leadership of Sheikh Dr Abdullahi Bala Lau, has ...

An Austrian woman was kidnapped in the desert town of Agadez in central Niger on Saturday, two Nigerien security sources said. One of the sources said the woman was bundled into a 4x4 by unknown ...

NIAMEY, Niger -- An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to ...