Niger has asked that some Chinese employees working on oil projects leave the country, documents seen by Reuters on Friday showed, a move that could affect dozens and further strain bilateral ties.

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that the ongoing withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger ...

Wave after wave of the insects sweeps across West Africa and Niger is one of the worst-hit countries. Crops are normally harvested in October, but even in one of the world's poorest countries - which ...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, have expressed ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...

In a drearily familiar African paradox, Niger is mineral rich, the world’s fifth largest producer of uranium, even as it ranks lowest on the United Nations’ Human Development Index.

Political party bans by military authorities in Burkina Faso and Niger have met little resistance, but in Mali they ignited ...

Nearly 30 civilians were arrested and summarily executed in central Mali last week. According to their families, they were ...

Analysis - The AES-ECOWAS split has sparked pragmatic cooperation based on strategic interests between neighbouring countries.

Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has announced plans to increase its gas production capacity to 300 million standard cubic feet ...

Reuters reported on Saturday that 12 soldiers had been killed in the attack a day earlier near the village of Sakoira in the tri-border region, where the West African Sahel countries of Niger ...

While Africa may have as many as 100,000 giraffes, most of them live in wildlife reserves, private sanctuaries, national parks or other protected areas not inhabited by humans. Niger's giraffes ...