Niger Republic

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the chief of Niger’s powerful presidential guard who took power after a military coup, is an army veteran who has foiled similar uprisings in the restive West …

The recently-concluded coup in the Niger Republic has caused concern among Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari, who described the development as “unwanted” and “shocking.”. In a statement posted on his …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Niger’s ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum Washington’s steadfast support, and warned those detaining him that “hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance” was at …

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum is in “good health” despite being detained at his residence by coup plotters, France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Friday. Paris’ top diplomat said Bazoum had …

With soldiers in fatigues announcing that they are taking power, condemnation from Western partners, and mediation from neighboring countries, the coup d’état in Niger is the third of its kind …

A police officer and four civilians were killed in a “complex terrorist attack” in southwestern Niger, the army said Saturday, in an area where thousands have fled their homes this …

Seven soldiers were killed Sunday after their vehicle ran over a landmine in the Niger’s western Tillaberi region, said the National Guard of Niger (GNN). Jihadist fighters regularly launch attacks …

Heavily armed jihadists stormed a camp housing refugees from neighbouring Mali in western Niger and killed nine people, a local official said Saturday. The attack took place on Wednesday at …

Severe floods in Niger after months of heavy downpours have killed 159 people, authorities said Monday, marking one of the deadliest rainy seasons in history for a normally arid state. …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday congratulated two of his aides, Sarki Abba, Senior Special Assistant on Household and Domestic Matters and Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, the State Chief of Protocol on being …