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

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 ...

In Niamey markets, locals are bargaining over the prices of basic goods like rice, a crucial staple now unaffordable for many Nigerien families due to the country's historic inflation. "If you can ...

Niger’s military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani ended 2024 by accusing Nigeria of plotting to destabilise his country ...

Tchiani’s claims might have been partly based on assertions eleven days earlier by Nigerian health practitioner, Shehu Mahdi, alleging the presence of French troops in Nigeria. He had backed this with ...

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

The Austrian foreign ministry says a female citizen has been taken by unknown assailants in the military-ran West African ...

After expelling the French military, the people of Niger are fighting to overthrow the remaining colonial structures ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - 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 ...

A Niger court on Friday jailed a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, one month after he was detained following a trip abroad, his NGO said.

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

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 have been ...