A Bronze Star posthumously awarded to Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black was upgraded to the Silver Star earlier this year.

BAMAKO, Mali — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger's city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...

The Nigerian army says it has uncovered 11 new bunkering facilities during a six-day operation conducted in Akwa Ibom, ...

Niger currently has a military partnership with Russia, its new ally after kicking out U.S. and French soldiers — both longstanding partners. Niger's junta had initially proposed a three-year ...

A Green Beret killed in a 2017 ambush by Islamic militants in Niger was awarded the Silver Star on Tuesday, the culmination of an about-face by the Army over the controversial incident in the Global ...

Over seven years after he died during a military operation in Niger, a Puyallup-born military sergeant has received the ...

during an enemy attack in Niger, West Africa that also claimed the lives of three other soldiers. Command Sgt. Maj. David Waldo, the senior enlisted adviser for the 1st Special Forces Command and ...

The new authorities ousted Western partners including the United States, which had soldiers in Niger, and forged a new security and diplomatic alliance with Russia.

NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was sworn in Wednesday as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the ...