It is a country people flee through, not flee from. Niger’s fate depends on whether it holds off the chaos and maintains a semblance of order, or succumbs to it altogether. The Boss’s role in ...

Nigerian travellers have lamented increased hostility at Niger borders, saying they face harassment and extortion without anyone coming to their aid.This was as former envoys called for a response ...

Niger's National Conference has submitted a proposal to return the country to non-military rule after a five-year transition ...

The national conference in Niger has recommended a renewable five-year term for General Abdourahamane Tiani, the president of ...

Due to the increasing insecurity, the number of people fleeing violence in the region has quadrupled, with 2 million now displaced in their own country. With temperatures ... Mauritania, Niger, Chad).

Niger, a country of 27 million people, was on the brink. It was then a rare democracy in this part of Africa and had recorded steady economic growth over the previous decade. It had also escaped ...

“Niger is a country rich in natural resources but, for decades, river blindness prevented its people from being able to plant vegetables, rice, and other foods and mobilize partners for greater ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the country. The move leaves nongovernmental groups throughout West Africa worried ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

Niger is “the fifth country globally and the first country ... the economic development of affected communities, driving people away from rivers, which are often lifelines for livelihoods ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.